Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
by Natalie Hodges
Buy on AmazonNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST NPR “BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR” SELECTION 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.…
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"That — the physics and neuroscience of it, the poetry and unremitting wonder of it — is what the science-enchanted classical violinist Natalie Hodges explores in Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time ( public library )."
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"In spare, carefully considered prose, recent Harvard University graduate Natalie Hodges recalls a lifetime of playing the violin – and what a long-term, professional career in music might mean for her. She doesn’t stint on describing the hardships of a musician’s life, including those of one in training. Hodges undertakes a captivating study of the science of time – physics and music – in this very special memoir that defies categorization."
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