{"product_id":"to-be-nothing-isbn-9781949597059","title":"To Be Nothing","description":"\u003cb\u003eDialogues between student and master about music, learning, teaching, the healing power of art, and the art of life itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnut Hamre has devoted his life to playing the Hardanger fiddle—a unique folk violin with resonating strings beneath, like a sitar's—and to teaching new generations the secrets of this ancient music, rooted in a stark and beautiful land. Benedicte Maurseth is one of his most accomplished students, an internationally known artist who has recorded for the ECM label. In a book that brings to mind such classics as \u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Archery\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWabi Sabi\u003c\/i\u003e, the student and her master together explore the quest for excellence and originality in the heart of a living tradition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once mystical and practical, \u003ci\u003eTo Be Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of dialogues about music, learning, teaching, the healing power of art, and the art of life itself. With photographs evoking the rugged landscapes and people from which this music springs and the exquisite beauty of the fiddles themselves, this is a work as serene as a fjord, and as deep.\u003c\/p\u003eMaurseth, with vibrant prose and the craft of a storyteller… has brought us something we can apply to any instrument, any tradition, and to the way we live.—\u003cb\u003eJeff Kaliss\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSonglines Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e—Benedicte Maurseth is a Norwegian folk musician, composer, and writer. She began her study of the Hardanger fiddle with Knut Hamre at the age of eight. She has toured in Norway and internationally, and has made several recordings on Grappa and ECM. In 2017 she was awarded the NOPA Music Prize for her outstanding contribution to the Norwegian music scene.","brand":"Terra Nova Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303860359397,"sku":"NP9781949597059","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781949597059.jpg?v=1767742695","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/to-be-nothing-isbn-9781949597059","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}