Bøger af Kenneth LaFave

Head and heart, body and soul, is and ought - the world to college student Ace Edelman is forever torn in two. A special love heals him, but when it goes away, will he be able to find meaning in the seemingly unremarkable daily life we are all expected to live? Or will he find in Eros and ideas the only life worth living? In narrative scenes of young love, deadly violence, and humor-tinged treasure hunting, "A Waste of Shame" explores the murky moral border between having nothing to be ashamed of, and being ashamed of nothing.

This book provides a unique approach to some of philosophy's fundamental issues. It points to music as a model for exploring such questions as, "What does it mean to value?" This is not a musical study, per se, but a philosophical text that uses music as a vehicle for investigating these and other metaphysical, axiological, and aesthetic matters.

In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernstein's famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity and balance of his Serenade after Plato's Symposium for Violin and Orchestra, the intense drama of his music for On the Waterfront, the existential cosmography of his three symphonies, and his vibrant works for the musical stage.

LaFave opens the ears of film-goers to the nuance behind movie music, laying out in layman's language how composers map what we hear to what we see. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume provides an enhanced experience of music by exploring how the works were written and first performed as well as how they are enjoyed today.