{"product_id":"a-sound-mind-9781408868782","title":"A Sound Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exhilarating'' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e''Funny and moving'' - Jarvis CockerMusic critic and writer Paul Morley weaves together memoir and history in a spiralling tale that establishes classical music as the most rebellious genre of all.\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Morley had stopped being surprised by modern pop music and found himself retreating into the sounds of artists he loved when, as an emerging music journalist in the 70s, he wrote for \u003ci\u003eNME\u003c\/i\u003e. But not wishing to give in to dreary nostalgia, endlessly circling back to the bands he wrote about in the past, he went searching for something new, rare and wondrous  and found it in classical music.  A soaring polemic, a grumpy reflection on modern rock, and a fan's love note, \u003ci\u003eA Sound Mind\u003c\/i\u003e rejects the idea that classical music is establishment; old; a drag. Instead, the book reveals this genre to be the most exciting and varied in music. \u003ci\u003eA Sound Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is a multi-layered memoir of Morley's shifting musical tastes, but it is also a compe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn alternately \u003cb\u003efunny and moving\u003c\/b\u003e book about the most important art form on Planet Earth. \u003cb\u003eDestined to become a classic\u003c\/b\u003e (pun intended) -- Jarvis Cocker\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eexhilarating\u003c\/b\u003e shredding of received wisdom, \u003cb\u003eprovocatively\u003c\/b\u003e casting pop music on the side of the stagnant and conservative – a bit last century – while stressing classical music’s dynamic revolutionary potential … Morley remains a \u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e conductor – of  music, of ideas, of inexplicable flashes of lightning. He knows the score -- Victoria Segal * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003eboundary-pushing book\u003c\/b\u003e, the music journalist charts his increasing immersion in classical music – not as a lurch towards “maturity”, but a recognition of its revolutions and revelations -- Best Music Books of the Year * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eHis \u003cb\u003epassion\u003c\/b\u003e for centuries of music – both celebrated and obscure – \u003cb\u003eis infectious\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Independent *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408016318807,"sku":"9781408868782","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408868782.jpg?v=1730501279","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-sound-mind-9781408868782","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}