Daniel Barenboim

Parallels & Paradoxes

Explorations in Music and Society

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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, have been 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 cul… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Said, Edward

ISBN: 978-1-4088-4624-7
EAN: 9781408846247
Produktnummer: 16461658
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'294 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

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.