{"product_id":"song-and-self-a-singers-reflections-on-music-and-performance-hardcover","title":"Song and Self: A Singer's Reflections on Music and Performance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Bostridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning singer Ian Bostridge examines iconic works of Western classical music to reflect on the relationship between performer and audience.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like so many performers, renowned tenor Ian Bostridge spent much of 2020 and 2021 unable to take part in live music. The enforced silence of the pandemic led him to question an identity that was previously defined by communicating directly with audiences in opera houses and concert halls. It also allowed him to delve deeper into many of the classical works he has encountered over the course of his career, such as Claudio Monteverdi's seventeenth-century masterpiece \u003ci\u003eIl Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda\u003c\/i\u003e and Robert Schumann's popular song cycle \u003ci\u003eFrauenliebe und Leben\u003c\/i\u003e. In lucid and compelling prose, Bostridge explores the ways Monteverdi, Schumann, and Britten employed and disrupted gender roles in their music; questions colonial power and hierarchy in Ravel's \u003ci\u003eSongs of Madagascar\u003c\/i\u003e; and surveys Britten's reckoning with death in works from the \u003ci\u003eWar Requiem\u003c\/i\u003e to his final opera, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a performer reconciling his own identity and that of the musical text he delivers on stage, Bostridge unravels the complex history of each piece of music, showing how today's performers can embody that complexity for their audiences. As readers become privy to Bostridge's unique lines of inquiry, they are also primed for the searching intensity of his interpretations, in which the uncanny melding of song and self brings about moments of epiphany for both the singer and his audience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Bostridge\u003c\/b\u003e is an English tenor, known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. His recordings have won multiple international record prizes and three Grammy awards, and he gives recitals regularly throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. He was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2004. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eSchubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Singer's Notebook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772378841376,"sku":"9780226809489","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/55255c1e732cafb22bc1b20352a27f32.webp?v=1780404338","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/song-and-self-a-singers-reflections-on-music-and-performance-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}