How did I not know about John Corbett? Music criticism as literature (a notion James Wood, the literary critic and Harvard professor, would agree with) - what a concept! Incisive, fascinating, and very, very knowledgeable. He starts with a preface that explains how his father taught him to listen deeply to music by listening to the sounds of nature, particularly the patterns of frogs croaking in a pond. He "finds little meanings in big music, and ...big meanings in little music."
I'm looking up some of the artists he mentions now.
Highly recommended.
I received an e-copy of this book in exchange for a review on NetGalley.com
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