Something I Heard: New York Times Critic Remembers 1981-2008, by Bernard Holland
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For more than 20 years, music critic Bernard Holland reviewed the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. He reported both sides of the culture war between an honored past and radical change. Throughout his writings, Holland discusses what classical music really is, destroys the myth of high and low art, and defines the job of the music critic. Along the way, the reader will chat with Herbert von Karajan, take a plane trip with Yo-Yo Ma, and walk the slow walk with Robert Wilson.
Something I Heard: New York Times Critic Remembers 1981-2008, by Bernard Holland- Amazon Sales Rank: #1628434 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-30
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .87" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 382 pages
Review "No one today can match the limpid elegance and intellectual precision of his style, which recalls the heyday of Virgil Thomson." -The New Yorker "Holland has a remarkable ability to conjure up the essence of a composer or a piece of music in a few deftly chosen words. He is, I think, an aphorist of unparalleled virtuosity." -San Francisco Chronicle"Perhaps the most important of this town's arbiters." -The Independent“No one today can match the limpid elegance and intellectual precision of his style, which recalls the heyday of Virgil Thomson.” —The New Yorker “Holland has a remarkable ability to conjure up the essence of a composer or a piece of music in a few deftly chosen words. He is, I think, an aphorist of unparalleled virtuosity.” —San Francisco Chronicle“Perhaps the most important of this town's arbiters.” —The Independent
About the Author Bernard Holland was born in Tidewater Virginia and attended the University of Virginia. He spent the next decade studying piano performance in Europe, first in Vienna, then Paris and finally London. He returned to the United States where he reviewed concerts for a supermarket news circular before being hired as a rock critic for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. A review of a John Denver caught the eye of the the New York Times culture department. He was hired as a classical music freelancer and a year later became a staff critic. He divides his time between New York City and Campobello Island in Canada with his wife of many years.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Criticism On Performances, Enlightenment On The Craft By Garrett Zecker Music is one of my favorite experiences of being alive on the planet earth, and one of the most bizarre elements of music exists somewhere in the transliteration and opinion of music once it gets into the hands of writers and critics. Sometimes it is met with great successes (33 1/3 series) and sometimes it gets really weird (pitchfork and genius). But there truly isn't anything quite like good music criticism and appreciation. In Something I Heard, Bernard Holland's collected career retrospective is an incredibly beautiful, succinct, and well-written look into his twenty-year tenure on the New York Times.The essays are mostly short and beautiful. They approach specifics about performances that I missed (but will go back and find the recordings and DVDs of), but also say some incredibly astute things about music and performance as an elemental force in this lifetime. This is where Holland shines most brilliantly. His preoccupation with the question of race in performance was enlightening (such as in 'Symphonic Blackness' where I realized I had never even thought of some of the points he raises about the strict segregation of classical performance), and his intense focus on Mahler and Wagner as defining composers was similar to my own – I was quite happy that many of the reviews approached their works that I was familiar with.I was also impressed where Holland was able to share some really great writing in general. His question about the nature of Opera, Musical Theater, and the role of the audience in 'Information or Beauty I' was staggeringly astute. His humor and self-deprecating analysis of getting older that takes the form of a musical satire in the halls of a drug store in 'Duane Reade Opera' was laugh out loud funny. 'On Blogging' and 'Critics II' was simply a brilliant observation on the craft of writing for an audience itself.Overall, a really great reading experience. I devoured it in a couple nights, but it will definitely be revisited as I listen along to the specific performances that Holland mentions in these wonderful essays.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Something I Heard - Simply Remarkable By David P. Carlisle Wow. This book makes me feel extremely self-conscious writing a review. OK, this is really not a review ... simply because I am not qualified to construct sentences assembled into paragraphs that are worthy of Bernard's talent. Something I Heard is beautifully written - my first reaction was that it read more like poetry than prose. So, how to describe it? I once purchased a bottle of 30 year old Springbank Scotch whiskey. It was expensive, and very rare. It took me about 10 years to finish off as I savored it dram by dram. Each sip was magical and transported me back to Scotland. Each sip created a sensory explosion that confirmed that the bottle was worth every penny paid. There was a half inch left when I gave the bottle to a friend who, also, appreciated fine Scotch whiskey. After yet another decade slipping by between the both of us, we still talk about that Springbank 30. That's what this book is like. I dare you to just read one page and not be transported.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. He called me the next day to say how much he enjoyed the book By susan barnett I gave this book to my Dad for his birthday. He called me the next day to say how much he enjoyed the book. He then said some of Bernardspassages and descriptions brought tears to his eyes!! Thank you Bernard for such an emotional and educational book for my Dad!!Susan from Los Angeles
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