Edward W. Said: Music at the Limits
Music at the Limits
Buch
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 05/2009
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780747598749
- Bestellnummer: 2269696
- Umfang: 352 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr: 2009
- Gewicht: 284 g
- Maße: 199 x 127 mm
- Stärke: 23 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 18.5.2009
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Kurzbeschreibung
Music at the Limits brings together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays on music. Addressing the work of a wide variety of composers and performers, Said analyses music's social and political contexts, and provides rich and often surprising assessments.He reflects on the censorship of Wagner in Israel; the relationship between music and feminism; and the works of Beethoven, Bruckner, Rossini, Schumann, Stravinsky and others. Always eloquent and often surprising, Music at the Limits reinforces Said's reputation as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
Klappentext
_______________'Edward Said had a lifelong passion for music, and possessed the rare ability to write about it for the general reader with a lucid and penetrating intelligence' - TLS
'There are few whose command of words is sufficient not only to illuminate music, but to help music illuminate the world of those who make and listen to it. Said was one' - Daily Telegraph
'The sheer eloquence of Said's writings reminds us that with his untimely death we have lost one of our most distinguished music critics.' - Maynard Solomon, The Julliard School
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WITH A FOREWORD BY DANIEL BARENBOIM
Music at the Limits brings together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music.
Addressing the work of a wide variety of composers and performers, Said analyses music's social and political contexts, and provides rich and often surprising assessments. He reflects on the censorship of Wagner in Israel; the relationship between music and feminism; and the works of Beethoven, Bruckner, Rossini, Schumann, Stravinsky and others. Always eloquent and often surprising, Music at the Limits reinforces Said's reputation as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
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'This fine collection by one of the most perceptive music critics of the last half-century is highly recommended' - Library Journal
Biografie
Edward W. Said wurde 1935 in Jerusalem geboren. Er lehrte an der Columbia University, war Autor, Musikkritiker und Pianist. Edward Said verstarb am 25. September 2003. Er war einer der "berühmtesten Palästinenser nach Arafat" und einer der herausragenden Intellektuellen unserer Zeit. 2008 wurde Edward W. Said postum für sein Werk mit dem Literaturpreis "Premio Grinzane Cavour" ausgezeichnet. Edward W. Said
Music at the Limits
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