Böcker av Patrick Brennan

"The Brennans compiled over three hundred photographs, lithographs, etchings, and drawings that portray in documentary form the campaign and battle of Gettysburg. Using the latest technologies, the authors then ... colorized each image. Adding the work of modern artists to flesh out the story, plus battle maps using Google Earth as the base, the Brennans have fashioned an entirely new way to experience the greatest battle in American history"--

Arteidolia Press 2021What transforms sounds into music? Composer & improviser patrick brennan asks us in this series of essays to put aside what we ordinarily think music is and to reimagine a more inclusive, relational framework, an ecology of composing.. When people, especially musicians, talk about musical structure, they usually mean how sounds are organized, but there are other forces at play. Have you ever wondered what these might be?How do the textural weaves of human activity fit into all of this? If we are inseparable from musical sound, then what do we hear?What does it mean to compose from the inside out or the outside in? Do recordings reshape our conceptions? And, most compellingly, how can we, as listeners, listen? _______________ In a review of Ways & Sounds, Paul Acquaro has written that "brennan has thought deeply about the topics, has done his research, deftly quotes what prominent voices have said in the past, and explains his thinking behind what music is and means. "

Charleston, South Carolina was regarded by Union troops as the "Seat of the Secession" and this is a detailed account of the Northern attempt in 1862 to capture the city and avenge Fort Sumter.