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Sounds & Silences

  • ISBN-13: 9781761096242
  • Publisher: GINNINDERRA PRESS
    Imprint: GINNINDERRA PRESS
  • By Brenda Eldridge
  • Price: AUD $24.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 08/10/2023
  • Format: Paperback (198.00mm X 129.00mm) 56 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Music [AV]Poetry [DC]
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Vivid memories prompted by hearing a few stray notes playing sent me wandering through my very rich life to renew my love of particular pieces of music and songs. When I started writing poems I recognised that for me music is like ekphrastic poetry. A composer responds to something and in turn there is my response to the composer. From my own experiences I was reminded how my mental image or emotional response to a piece of music was not necessarily what the composer had in mind. Being more aware of the silences throughout a piece of music or when it comes to an end I started to write about silence. In doing that I realised that in our ordinary lives it doesn't exist. What is silence? It appears to be a momentary pause between one sound and the next - a heartbeat. Even if everything else can be blocked out we can still feel or hear our own heart beating. Having got that far I explored places where there was 'silence' and discovered what I could really hear.


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