""Out of Nowhere" by Marcus Cornelius: Readers' Comments
"The book is one of the very best music books I've ever read ... an outstanding piece of jazz literature. Congratulations " Roland Baggenaes, Denmark (June 2002)
"It has the serenity of complex and perfect harmony." Philippe Paschel, France (December 2003)
"Just finished reading this fascinating, compelling, and, at times, deeply moving work by Marcus M. Cornelius. It's not quite like any other "jazz book" I've ever read, and I mean that in a wholly positive way. I never lost the illusion that this is actually Warne Marsh...
""Out of Nowhere" by Marcus Cornelius: Readers' Comments
"The book is one of the very best music books I've ever read ... an outstanding piece of ...
In this daring exploration of primeval consciousness Marcus Cornelius has seemingly managed to convey the unknowable. In an achievement of literary genius he has given extraordinary expression to an inchoate time before history. The inspired prose flows with a richly dense imagery containing astonishingly eloquent passages that are demanding and uncompromising. One finishes Plough enlightened and changed, led to the deepest reaches of the psyche, to places in the self that are almost beyond the capacities of language. There is not a word out of place. A remarkable tour-de-force that will...
In this daring exploration of primeval consciousness Marcus Cornelius has seemingly managed to convey the unknowable. In an achievement of literary ge...
This is the third volume of sopolyrimu (songs, poems, lyrics for music) to appear in print. They continue to be enthusiastically received internationally, and in August 2009 Marcus started moving around the world giving reading performances of the work, a process that hopefully will not stop. Seven volumes of sopolyrimu have been completed, with one hundred in each volume. "If these has been released over the author's lifetime he would have become a national treasure by now. The work is distinguished not only by its fine feeling but also by its high level of craftsmanship. In many ways, the...
This is the third volume of sopolyrimu (songs, poems, lyrics for music) to appear in print. They continue to be enthusiastically received internationa...
Book 1 "(Plough)" followed an exiled individual's search for inner coherence in an incoherent and violent world more than 1000 years ago. Book 2 "(Growth)" witnessed the establishment of a sustainable harmony between a community and the land upon which they had lived for three or four centuries but within and beyond which community were the seeds of its own decay. Book 3 "(Harvest)" shows a far more developed and structured society, which comprises several clear levels, from the rulers and the priesthood who impose order, through the artists, artisans, and peasants, down to the...
Book 1 "(Plough)" followed an exiled individual's search for inner coherence in an incoherent and violent world more than 1000 years ago. Book 2 "(...
