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Tempo No. 317

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Tempo No. 317 is here. What do we actually hear when we listen? New articles—on musical metamodernism, free improvisation, and choral music in Cantonese—and reviews ranging from Chicago to Witten.

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Music Is (Also) a Woman's Affair

Esther Abrami

Esther Abrams' inspiring book about forgotten female composers, classical music, social media, and the courage to make one's voice heard as a woman.

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Opera where it doesn't exist

The Periphery as Uncharted Territory

Opera beyond the big cities: this book explores the spaces in between, questions established centers, and highlights the innovative potential of musical theater in the periphery—a new perspective on the future of opera.

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New Releases

Speaking clearly

Four Decades of New and Experimental Music from a Composer’s Perspective: on Cage, Wolff, Stockhausen, Feldman, Darmstadt, the avant-garde, and the political conditions of musical life—a panorama of music from 1985 to the present that is as personal as it is critical.

28,00 €

Beyond Musical Borders

Composition, improvisation, and listening without fixed boundaries: *Beyond Musical Borders* combines 26 open-ended compositions with a guide to migration and musical exchange, as well as comprehensive “inside–outside ear” training. A practical guide for musicians who want to expand their musical ear, rethink musical material, and develop their own musical language.

24,00 €

Morton Feldman

What changes when we listen to the same music over and over again? In fifty fragmentary chapters, Guillaume Belhomme traces Morton Feldman’s *For Bunita Marcus* through time, silence, memory, and landscapes—weaving together music with Beckett, Cage, and the New York School to create a literary essay on the art of listening.

12,00 €

“Don’t tell anybody”

David Geringas talks about music, emigration, and survival. A portrait of a cellist of the century—now available in English as well.

34,00 €

Die Stimme der Musik

What language does music speak? This volume considers music as a language in its own right and explores its expression, its meaning, and its philosophical power.

18,99 € – 28,00 €

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