A History of Western Music: Poems by August Kleinzahler (English) Paperback Book

Description: A History of Western Music by August Kleinzahler Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet captures the essence of the Wests greatest music in verse, from Whitney Houston to Mahler"-- Publisher Description In a career-spanning selection of poems, August Kleinzahler captures the essence of the Wests greatest music.In A History of Western Music, August Kleinzahlers rhythmic, wry, kinetic style captures the ineffable power and beauty of great songs and artists, as well as the potency of our response to them. In this collection, music is inextricable from life, from landscape, and from the people we remember through it. The poet inhabits the minds and milieus of musicians; he hears arpeggios in the salon of Princesse Edmonde de Polignac and listens to the vibrations of a hummingbird through Béla Bartók. Kleinzahlers verse not only contains the same sonorous beauty as the compositions he writes of but also the vitality and complexity of the moments we associate with them-the way the soundtrack of ones life becomes defined by the scenes it scores, and vice versa.From John Coltrane to Annie Lenox, from opera to bebop and all the jingles and melodies in between, A History of Western Music is a portrait of the vast range of meaning and memory that music creates and contains in ones life. Author Biography August Kleinzahler was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1949. He is the author of more than a dozen books of poems and a memoir, Cutty, One Rock. His collection The Strange Hours Travelers Keep was awarded the 2004 International Griffin Poetry Prize, and Sleeping It Off in Rapid City won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. That same year he received the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. He lives in San Francisco. Details ISBN 0374611920 ISBN-13 9780374611927 Title A History of Western Music Author August Kleinzahler Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 96 Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc GE_Item_ID:161524096; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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