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Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

Natalie Hodges

3.75/5 (441 ratings)

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming

How does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time?

Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined—one still shaped by classical music but moving toward the freedom of improvisation.

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Pages:: 224 pages

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Publisher:: Bellevue Literary Press

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ISBN10:: 1942658974

ISBN13:: 9781942658979

kindle Asin:: B08XC632X7

Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

Natalie Hodges

3.75/5 (441 ratings)

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming

How does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time?

Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined—one still shaped by classical music but moving toward the freedom of improvisation.

Format:

Pages:: 224 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Bellevue Literary Press

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 1942658974

ISBN13:: 9781942658979

kindle Asin:: B08XC632X7

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