The Musician's Soul: A Journey Examining Spirituality for Performers, Teachers, Composers, Conductors, and Music Educators
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The Musician's Soul: A Journey Examining Spirituality for Performers, Teachers, Composers, Conductors, and Music Educators
I bought this book back in March and it set on my shelf until this past weekend. I wish I hadn't waited so long. Many issues Jordan addresses in the book spoke directly to my own personal AND professional situation, especially the concept of "shedding." If I had one criticism of the book, it would be his use of quotes..a bit of overkill, I think. This is an excellent book. I'm looking forward to getting the next two books in the trilogy.
An inspriational book for musicians:
Jordan gives his own thoughts on music, supported by some inspirational, funny, sometimes historical quotes from musicians and those who have spoken on music. When I first bought the book some years back I remember being struck by how it spoke to me as a musician and how many times I wanted to return to its pages. I stupidly loaned it to someone. It will never be loaned again! Jordan does touch this musician's soul and made me think about what it means to me to be a musician. I often take this little book... more info
Worthless:
I just wanted to say that I had to read this book and write three, two page essays on it. My only problem was, there was nothing to write about. He says the same thing different ways. I really don't see what people are getting out of this book. If you're a human being with emotion and you understand music's emotional neediness, then you don't need this book. I don't usually write negatively about things, but this book just upset me because there are people actually buying into everything and paying for a... more info
A book every conductor should own!:
Being a student, I feel very lucky to have read this book at the young age of 16. I am now 21. It has changed the was I conduct forever, and I cannot not say enough, how much this book has influenced my life. There are many quotes in the book from other people. I LOVE them. Some people think Dr. Jordan was just doing it to "fill out his book". I disagree. He put the quotes in because he thought they were things a musicians needed to see. AND may I say that he probably spent hours upon hours documenting... more info
