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Primal Sound: Rilke’s Encounter with Early Sound Recording

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Episode • Sep 6, 2023 • 10m

The Austrian poet and writer, Rainer Maria Rilke, explored many powerful and emotive themes, making one consider life, experience, reality and much more. 

 

In his monograph on the writings of Rilke, Dr Nicholas Reynolds, from Trinity University in San Antonio, explores the themes of sound and memory, and subsequently posits a theory of how artists tap into their subconscious in their creative process.

 

Read Dr Reynolds' original research: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74470-0_2 

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