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" Hymns to the silence : "
by Peter Mills
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BL
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700044
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b522233
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| Main Entry
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Mills, Peter,1963-
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| Title & Author
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Hymns to the silence : : inside the words and music of Van Morrison /\ by Peter Mills
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Continuum,, 2010
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xviii, 429 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0826416896 (hbk.)
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: 0826429769 (pbk.)
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: 9780826416896 (hbk.)
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: 9780826429766 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-410), discography (p. 411-418), and index
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| Contents
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Imagining America : jazz, blues, country and the mythologies of the west -- What makes the Irish heart beat? : the Irishness of Van Morrison -- Get the words on the page : Van Morrison as a writer -- Caught one more time : themes and thematics -- Listening to the lion : Van Morrison as singer and musician -- On the burning ground : "liveness" and the recording studio -- Down the road : exile, place and the idea of eternal movement -- A three-cornered quartet : Van Morrison and the art of through-composition -- Postscript. Make it real one more time : Astral weeks live
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"Hymns to the Silence is a detailed investigative study of Van Morrison's remarkable career. Peter Mills engages with his subject in a fresh and accessible style - often challenging the received wisdom. He looks at Morrison as a songwriter and specifically as an Irish writer, yet one who has worked primarily with American musical forms. ... Key themes and motifs are examined, as well as the ideas of place, home and exile and Morrison's periodic use of through-composition in major case studies of four of his best-regarded albums."--Back cover
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Morrison, Van,1945-
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Morrison, Van,1945-Criticism and interpretation
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Rock music-- Ireland-- History and criticism
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Rock musicians-- Ireland-- Criticism and interpretation
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| Dewey Classification
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782.42164092
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ML420.M63M55 2010
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| Parallel Title
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Inside the words and music of Van Morrison
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