Music's Making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry

A personal voyage of discovery drawing on musicology, literary theory, Jewish studies, and philosophical phenomenology.

Review
"This book exists along the interstice between disciplines, shedding the skin of 'academia' and the 'business' of teaching, Cherlin returns us to the real work of pedagogy, not only to the art and science of learning, to enquiry, but to the crucial relationship between the 'text' and 'tradition'. … what evolves is a musical intelligence born of experience, a passionate cantillation, which invokes a poetics of music. Drawing on a seemingly disparate set of references Cherlin leaves few doubts, the only direction is 'deeper' and from liminal spaces he'll guide you there." - James Dillon, five-time recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Award for Chamber-Scale Composition

"It is hard to imagine a more thoughtful book, imbued with a lifetime of profound philosophical meditations and musical experiences, as well as religious practices. The author's personal touch makes the book seem like a memoir about long-lasting intellectual friendships, or like a captivating seminar with many of the last century's leading thinkers." - Scott Burnham, Department of Music, CUNY Graduate Center

"This book exists along the interstice between disciplines, shedding the skin of 'academia' and the 'business' of teaching, Cherlin returns us to the real work of pedagogy, not only to the art and science of learning, to enquiry, but to the crucial relationship between the 'text' and 'tradition'. … what evolves is a musical intelligence born of experience, a passionate cantillation, which invokes a poetics of music. Drawing on a seemingly disparate set of references Cherlin leaves few doubts, the only direction is 'deeper' and from liminal spaces he'll guide you there." – James Dillon, five-time recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Award for Chamber-Scale Composition

"It is hard to imagine a more thoughtful book, imbued with a lifetime of profound philosophical meditations and musical experiences, as well as religious practices. The author's personal touch makes the book seem like a memoir about long-lasting intellectual friendships, or like a captivating seminar with many of the last century's leading thinkers." – Scott Burnham, Department of Music, CUNY Graduate Center