Listening to Van Morrison

Informationen zum Autor Greil Marcus was born in San Francisco in 1945. He is the author of Mystery Train , Invisible Republic , Lipstick Traces, Double Trouble and Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010 and the editor of Lester Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung . In 1998 he curated the exhibition '1948' at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He writes the Real Life Rock Top 10 column for The Believer and teaches at the New School in New York . He was described by John Rockwell in the New York Times as 'a writer of rare perception and a genuinely innovative thinker'. Greil Marcus lives in California. Klappentext Listening to Van Morrison represents Greil Marcus's quest to trace Morrison's particular genius through seminal moments in his long career, beginning in 1965, breaking open in 1968 with the incomparable Astral Weeks, and continuing in full force to this day. Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus is a celebratory, and revelatory exploration of the artist in his most sublime moments, by one of the most revered cultural commentators of these times. Zusammenfassung Listening to Van Morrison represents Greil Marcus's quest to trace Morrison's particular genius through seminal moments in his long career, beginning in 1965, breaking open in 1968 with the incomparable Astral Weeks, and continuing in full force to this day.

Product details

• Authors: Greil Marcus, Marcus Greil
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.02.2012
• EAN: 9780571254460
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25446-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Astral Weeks; Icons; Mavericks; Rock 'n' Roll