BRIAN ENOHIS MUSIC AND THE VERTICAL COLOR OF SOUND

by Eric Tamm

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my parents, Igor Tamm and Olive Pitkin Tamm. In mychildhood, my father sang bass and strummed guitar, my mother played piano and violin andsang in choirs. Together they gave me a love and respect for music that will be with mealways.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSivPART I - ENO IN THE WORLD OF MUSICCHAPTER ONE: ENO

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S WORK IN PERSPECTIVE1CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND AND INFLUENCES11CHAPTER THREE: ON OTHER MUSIC: ENO AS CRITIC21CHAPTER FOUR: THE EAR OF THE NON-MUSICIAN34Art School and Experimental Works, Process and Product34On Listening35Craft and the Non-Musician37CHAPTER FIVE: LISTENERS AND AIMS44Eno

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s Audience44Eno

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s Artistic Intent47

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Generating and Organizing Variety in the Arts

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49CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITIONAL PROCESS54Equipment54Systems of Composing63Verbal Expression and Lyrics66CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MUSICIAN AS PHILOSOPHER74Ultimate Realities74Culture and Information76The Masculine and the Feminine77Politics79Metaphors and Images80PART II - ENO

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S MUSICCHAPTER EIGHT: TAKING ROCK TO THE LIMIT84The Albums85CHAPTER NINE: ENO

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S PROGRESSIVE ROCK: THE MUSIC94Assaultive Rock Songs97Pop Songs100Strange Songs102Hymn-like Songs105Instrumental Pieces105