For the love of it : amateuring and its rivals /

"For the Love of It is the story not only of the intimate struggle between Wayne Booth and his cello but also of the larger struggle between a society obsessed with success and payoff and individuals who choose challenging hobbies that yield no payoff except the love of it. This fundamental opp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Booth, Wayne C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Booth, Wayne C.
Cellists > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Strings.
Cellists.
Musizieren
Laie
Amateurs.
Liefhebberijen.
Muziekbeoefening.
Violoncellen.
Motivatie.
Psychologische aspecten.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overture: What Is an Amateur and Why Amateuring Matters
  • First Movement: The Courtship
  • 1. Getting It into My Bones
  • 2. Seduced by the Cello
  • 3. Amateuring and Rival Pleasures
  • Second Movement: The Marriage
  • 4. The Zen of Thumb Position Maintenance
  • 5. Teaching the Love
  • 6. Meditations of an Aging Pupil
  • Interlude: The Amateur Writer Quarrels with the Amateur Player
  • Third Movement: The Love Fulfilled
  • 7. Amateur Hours: Disastrous, Not Too Bad, and Just Plain Glorious
  • 8. Hearing with Your Body: How Playing Transforms Listening
  • 9. The Three Gifts
  • Fourth Movement: Rising Dissonance, Resolved to Heavenly Harmony
  • 10. "Making It," Selling Out, and the Future of Amateuring
  • 11. The Music of the Spheres
  • But What Spheres?

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