From “All of Me” to “All of You”: Listening for Aura
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2013
Keywords
listening, aura, Miles Davis, Walter Benjamin, music performance
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708612471319
Abstract
In this essay, I argue for a hearing of and listening for Benjamin’s concept of aura as an attributed and aural quality that is situated in the various intertwining contexts of performers, performances, and audience members. As an example, I consider specifically how the music performance of trumpet player Miles Davis comes to life for me in the spaces and the gaps that surround the various contextual clues I gather. This essay offers an example and reading of aura that can be extended to the criticism and understanding of music performances as events that happen in and beyond context.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, v. 13, issue 2, p. 115-124
Scholar Commons Citation
McRae, Chris, "From “All of Me” to “All of You”: Listening for Aura" (2013). Communication Faculty Publications. 430.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/430
