Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane

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Monument Eternal This page intentionally left blank F RA N YA J. B E R K M A N Monument Eternal T H E M U S I C O F A L I C E C O LT RA N E w e s l e y a n u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s Middletown, Connecticut 3 3 Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress 2010 © Franya J. Berkman All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berkman, Franya J. Monument eternal : the music of Alice Coltrane / Franya J. Berkman. p. cm.—(Music/culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8195-6924-0 (cloth : alk. paper)— isbn 978-0-8195-6925-7 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. Coltrane-Turiyasangitananda, A. (Alice) 2. Pianists—United States— Biography. 3. Spiritual life—Hinduism. I. Title. ml417.c746b47 2010 786.2092—dc22 2010016656 [B] Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the ams 75 pays Endowment of the American Musicological Society. To my mother, Lisa, and my daughter, Sadie This page intentionally left blank ...