{"product_id":"music-at-the-limits","title":"Music at the Limits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY DANIEL BARENBOIM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMusic at the Limits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e brings together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddressing 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMusic at the Limits \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereinforces Said's reputation as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This fine collection by one of the most perceptive music critics of the last half-century is highly recommended'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'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' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- TLS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'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'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The sheer eloquence of Said's writings reminds us that with his untimely death we have lost one of our most distinguished music critics.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Maynard Solomon, The Julliard School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward W. Said","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255174717640,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/music_limits.jpg?v=1794501258","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/music-at-the-limits","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}