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Silences so deep : music, solitude, Alaska Cover Image Book Book

Silences so deep : music, solitude, Alaska / John Luther Adams.

Adams, John Luther, 1953- (author.).

Summary:

"A memoir by composer John Luther Adams with an emphasis on the decades he spent living in Alaska"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374264628
  • ISBN: 0374264627
  • Physical Description: 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue : music in the Anthropocene -- Between solitude and politics -- My own private Walden -- The end of winter -- Out of the woods -- They were my people : Gordon Brooks Wright ; John Meade Haines ; "I do not expect to see their kind again" -- Leaving Alaska -- Walking home again -- Afterword : benediction.

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Subject: Adams, John Luther, 1953-
Composers > Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > Description and travel.
Wright, Gordon, 1934-2007.
Haines, John, 1924-2011.
Adams, John Luther, 1953-
Haines, John, 1924-2011.
Wright, Gordon, 1934-2007.
Composers.
Travel.
Alaska.
Genre: Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Homer Library. (Show)
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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Homer Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library AK B ADAMS (Text) 000159664 Alaskana -- Biography Available -
Homer Public Library B ADAMS (Text) 000157170 Biography Available -

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