Book Review
Jul. 3rd, 2024 08:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariLouise Talma: A Life in Composition
by Kendra Preston Leonard
This fascinating biography of Talma and her music examines the ways in her works reflect and process events and relationships in her life. Leonard discusses not only individual works but also Talma's overall compositional techniques and style. I really liked how she wove in analyses of works and how beautifully those analyses used representative sections to illuminate a whole work. I never found any of it tedious. The weaving together of material on the music and on Talma's life was balanced and seamless - Leonard achieved an ideal integration of the two elements.
by Kendra Preston Leonard
This fascinating biography of Talma and her music examines the ways in her works reflect and process events and relationships in her life. Leonard discusses not only individual works but also Talma's overall compositional techniques and style. I really liked how she wove in analyses of works and how beautifully those analyses used representative sections to illuminate a whole work. I never found any of it tedious. The weaving together of material on the music and on Talma's life was balanced and seamless - Leonard achieved an ideal integration of the two elements.
