Observe the infinite beauty

Author: Liu Jiwwei
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Distilled from over 2,000 magnificent lectures, the Music Missionary helps you unlock the door to music. The realm of music is vast and eternal, while our devotion to it is boundless, inexplicable, and beyond human form. This recognition of beauty transcends all human standards but is at once blissful, transcendent, and solitary. The Daoist temple echoes with flutes, the pine wind whispers; the empty gate cleanses bowls, rain flowers flutter. Solitude is a unique, mysterious beauty in music, and once it is embraced, it remains unchanging for a thousand autumns. —Liu Jiwwei
No need to read scores, no need to play instruments, no need to worry about creative backgrounds: Explains the correct attitude and methods for appreciating music, teaching you to face music directly and experience pure aesthetic. Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and New Music: Outlines the 500-year history of Western music, establishing a coordinate system for your ears. From Haydn to Mahler, from orchestral music to religious music: Features in-depth explanations of ten selected composers and five major music categories, with exquisite images creating a harmonious resonance between sound and vision.
Taiwan’s "Music Appreciation Education Foundation": Two decades of mission in music appreciation education, thousands of lectures as a monastic journey, 8,000 hours of classroom teaching, 30 million words of earnest instruction. Professor Liu has nurtured thousands upon thousands of music lovers in Taiwan who share a deep connection with music. He is Taiwan’s most influential music missionary.
Taiwan’s "China Times": Like a missionary, Liu Jiwwei holds lectures everywhere, introducing the beauty and charm of classical music to the public. His philosophy of music appreciation enables enthusiasts to deeply understand the essence of music, leading many to enter the classical realm and even change the course of their lives.
Taiwan’s "Ming-Ji Daily": Over the past decade, he has encouraged and guided many people without musical notation skills or instrumental proficiency to enter the world of music, where they find infinite spiritual fulfillment.
Observe silently, contemplate deeply, and listen to music with a new aesthetic. Professor Liu’s Five Principles:
Music is not language; do not guess its literal meaning, nor prioritize the creative background.
Maintain reverence and focus, simply and sincerely immersing yourself in the living sound, sharing its texture and soul.
High-level music appreciation is built on a foundation of rationality; through analyzing compositions, you uncover the logic within music and experience its absolute beauty.
Learn to be alone with music.
Familiarize yourself with records at home before attending live performances for the best effect.
The Five Features of This Book:
No need to read scores, no need to play instruments, no need to worry about creative backgrounds: Explains the correct attitude and methods for appreciating music, teaching you to face music directly and experience pure aesthetic.
Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and New Music: Outlines the 500-year history of Western music, establishing a coordinate system for your ears.
From Haydn to Mahler, from orchestral music to religious music: Features in-depth explanations of ten selected composers and five major music categories.
Appendix with recommended versions of 143 basic compositions.
Full-color printing, with exquisite images creating a harmonious resonance between sound and vision.