| Description |
viii, 208 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Machete |
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Machete.
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| Contents |
the family business -- Corpus Christi -- notes for themselves : protest and community -- becoming a more resonant body -- in the air -- the living, breathing memory of wood -- notes for themselves : sleep -- memorization and the risk of nostalgia -- the beast of limitation -- notes for themselves : invention -- of balance and purpose -- notes for themselves : conflict -- the Plains -- notes for themselves : fierceness -- donors, poachers, and the creative aura -- Cummington -- notes for themselves : stillness -- Vinalhaven -- seeing in the world (a dictionary) -- notes for themselves : enough -- what I didn't bury -- notes for themselves : presence. |
| Summary |
"In The Sound of Memory, concert violinist Rebecca Fischer wrestles with the life of a performing artist in the twenty-first century, the physical and material components of memory, the nature of musical inheritance, and the gifts and pressures of a calling that runs generations deep. From memories of breastfeeding on concert tours, to the surprising ways her body remembers music she heard in the womb, to witnessing her children's own evolving musicianship, Fischer shares her perspective as the first violinist of the renowned Chiara String Quartet and parent to young people exploring their gender identities amidst social upheaval and a pandemic. As she revisits geographies that have left marks on her life and creative practice over the years, she examines what we owe to our families, our communities, our art, and ourselves - ultimately exhorting us to consider both the individual and communal resonances of artistic expression and the meaning it brings to our shared lives." -- Book cover. |
| Subject |
Fischer, Rebecca (Violinist)
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Women violinists -- United States -- Biography.
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Violinists -- United States -- Biography.
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Violinists. (OCoLC)fst01167477
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Women violinists. (OCoLC)fst01178661
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780814258224 (trade paperback) |
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0814258220 (trade paperback) |
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9780814281956 (ebook) |
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0814281958 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
40031092506 |
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