Parallels & Paradoxes :Explorations in Music and Society

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Parallels & Paradoxes :Explorations in Music and Society

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______________ ‘A beautifully poised series of dialogues about literature, music and politics, and they're a testimony to the enormous gifts and courage of both men' - Tom Paulin, Guardian 'A marvellous eavesdrop on the discourse of exchange between two great intellects' - Nadine Gordimer, TLS ‘An extraordinary meeting of minds in troubled times' - Financial Times ‘A fascinating exchange of ideas on music, politics and literature' - Classic FM Magazine ______________ Israeli Daniel Barenboim, one of the finest musicians of our times, and Palestinian Edward Said, eminent literary critic and leading expert on the Middle East, were close friends for years. Parallels and Paradoxes is a series of discussions between the two friends about music, politics, literature and society. Barenboim and Said talk about, among other subjects, the differences between writing prose and music; the compromising politician versus the uncompromising artist; Beethoven as the ultimate sonata composer, Wagner (Barenboim is considered by many to be the greatest living conductor of his work); great teachers; and the power of culture to transcend national differences. Illuminating and deeply moving, Parallels and Paradoxes is an affectionate and impassioned exchange of ideas.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780747563853
ISBN10 0747563853
Number Of Pages 208
Item Weight 173 g
Publisher / Reseller Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format paperback
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‘A beautifully poised series of dialogues about literature, music and politics, and they're a testimony to the enormous gifts and courage of both men' * Tom Paulin, Guardian *
‘Without question, the most original book of the year. A marvellous eavesdrop on the discourse of exchange between two great intellects' * Nadine Gordimer, TLS *
‘A fascinating exchange of ideas on music, politics and literature' * Classic FM Magazine *
‘An extraordinary meeting of minds in troubled times' * Financial Times *

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Author's Bio

Edward W. Said was University Professor of English and Comparitive Literature at Columbia University and the author of twenty-one books including Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism and The End of the Peace Process. His books have been published in thirty-six languages. He died in 2003.

Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires and grew up in Israel. He has been Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin since 1992. Barenboim began conducting with the New Philharmonic Orchestra in London in 1967 and was musical director of the Orchestre de Paris. He lives in Germany.

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