In this powerful new book, Daniel Barenboim draws on his profound and uniquely influential engagement with music to argue for its central importance in our everyday lives. While we may sometimes think of personal, social and political issues as existing independently of each other, Barenboim shows how music teaches that this is impossible. Drawing on his own involvement with Palestine, he examines the transformative power of music in the world, from his own performances of Wagner in Israel to his foundation, with Edward Said, of the internationally acclaimed West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Music Quickens Time reveals how the sheer power and eloquence of music offers us a way to explore and shed light on how we live, and to illuminate and resolve some of the most intractable issues of our time.
- ISBN10 1844672875
- ISBN13 9781844672875
- Publish Date 17 November 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 184
- Language English