The Much-at-Once: Music Science Ecstasy the Body

In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the body’s potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, and thinkers ranging from Beethoven and Mahler to Emerson and William James. Wilshire builds on James’s concept of the much-at-once to name the superabundance of the world that surrounds, nourishes, holds, and stimulates us; that pummels and provokes us; that responds to our deepest need-to feel ecstatically real. Additional ISBNs0823268349, 0823268330, 9780823268344, 9780823268337The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body is written by Bruce W. Wilshire and published by Fordham University Press. ISBNs for The Much-at-Once are 9780823268368, 0823268365 and the print ISBNs are 9780823268344, 0823268349. Additional ISBNs include 0823268349, 0823268330, 9780823268344, 9780823268337.