Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society
by Edward W. Said, Daniel Barenboim
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Author: Daniel Barenboim, Edward W. SaidEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-09
ISBN: 1400075157
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Music and society - a harmony lost
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a real gem of a book. It is a distillation of numerous conversations between Barenboim, one of the most celebrated figures in music today, and Said, an equally revered commentator on literature and culture. Essentially, though, this is Barenboim's book. His insights into how music can transcend nationhood, race and history almost elevate the work of Beethoven and Wagner into the philosophical canon. Said's role is very much one of the interviewer, probing and prising nuggets from Barenboim's rich soliloquies. Indeed, in response to Barenboim's exposition of the role of music in society, Said laments the modern day obsession with specialisation and its growing ignorance of synergies between literature, art, music, history and politics. It is these discussions, in particular, which offer a refreshingly holistic view of topics which to the myopic among us appear unconnected. Barenboim's reflections on the parallels between music and history are worth the price of the book alone:
"...wherever they play [musicians in an orchestra], they are perfectly and consciously aware of what each note they are playing at each moment actually means in the context... this is a very important factor in music-making, what one would call the vertical pressure of the horizontal discourse. In this respect, music is exactly like history, which has to be lived both simultaneously and subsequently."
A privilege and a delight.
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