Orfeo ...Sextet ...dancing about architecture.

[Becky Lindroos]

Seen on a t-shirt at the beach (west coast) long ago - 

 “Music, for those who know, is the only true form of art.”  

Bekah

On Oct 4, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about this aphorism: all art aspires to the condition of music. 
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 10:01 AM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Writing about music," the saying goes, "is like dancing about
>> architecture." If it's meant to dissuade, the warning has gone
>> unheeded: Over the years, a number of novels about music have
>> ingeniously translated this notoriously languageless experience into
>> English. In rock novels or the burgeoning genre of lit-hop, most of
>> the action happens to non-musicians—the listeners populating record
>> stores, high schools, the streets. The primary focus of the jazz
>> novel, however, is the musicians themselves. No other form pays as
>> much attention to the players, their instruments, and the music as it
>> is being performed. The musicians found in the following books—a
>> trumpeter, a pianist, a drummer, a saxophonist, a bassist, and a
>> vocalist—form a sort of sextet. Each solos on themes endemic to the
>> genre: racism and heroism, virtuosic talent and ruined ambition. Like
>> a set of jazz standards, the tune can be familiar; the execution
>> rarely is.
>> 
>> http://www.bookforum.com/booklist/13699
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