{"product_id":"boccherinis-body-elisabeth-le-guin-9780520240179","title":"Boccherini's Body: An Essay in Carnal Musicology","description":"In this elegant study of the works of the undeservedly neglected composer Luigi Boccherini, Elisabeth Le Guin uses knowledge gleaned from her own playing of the cello as the keystone of her original approach to the relationship between music and embodiment. In analyzing the striking qualities of Boccherini's music--its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affects--Le Guin develops a historicized critical method based on the embodied experience of the performer. In the process, she redefines the temperament of the musical Enlightenment as one characterized by urgent, volatile inquiries into the nature of the self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabeth Le Guin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520240170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520240179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.42w x 1.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 122","brand":"Elisabeth Le Guin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946695557375,"sku":"9780520240179","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_de24df58-92eb-40f4-ad1c-80bb525788d3.jpg?v=1681514611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boccherinis-body-elisabeth-le-guin-9780520240179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}