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Readers can enjoy "Uncommon Measure" as an eBook or eAudiobook from May 15-29 with no wait.
Borrow Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges from May 15-29 with no waitlist or holds through Libby, available in both eBook and eAudiobook formats.
This genre-defying memoir, part autobiography and part scientific discovery, delves into the intersection of music and time, alternating personal narratives about the author's journey to become a serious classical musician with explorations of the minutiae of quantum physics, notions of entrainment and temporality, and brain wave research.
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About the Book
Uncommon Measure explores the intricate relationship between time, consciousness, and music through the lens of a young Korean American violinist. After performance anxiety derails her dream of becoming a concert soloist, Hodges embarks on a journey of self-discovery. To understand how she arrived at that point, she delves into the psychology of musicality; pays tribute to her mother, a Korean immigrant who gave up music to become a lawyer after graduating from Harvard; and looks to quantum physics to reshape her past ambitions into a “more expansive” love for music. Blending personal narrative with illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, she reflects on family, prejudice, and the search for meaning.
A gorgeously written, profoundly felt essay collection about time, memory, and music.
About Big Library Read
Big Library Read is a Digital Book Club for participating libraries in the United States. During this two-week program, there will be no waitlists and no holds for the selected title.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Reading & Writing |
