Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society

Presents an intimate conversation about music and politics between the Israeli director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a Palestinian-American critic and scholar--two long-time friends--discussing such topics as Beethoven, education, the differences between writing prose and music, and the power of culture to transcend national and political differences. 15,000 first printing.

Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires and grew up in Israel. He 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. <br><br>Edward W. Said is University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of more than twenty books, including <i>Orientalism</i>,<i> Culture and Imperialism,</i> and, most recently, <i>Power, Politics, and Culture</i>. His books have been published in thirty-six languages.<br><br>Ara Guzelimian, Senior Director and Artistic Advisor of Carnegie Hall since September 1998, was Artistic Administrator of the Aspen Music Festival and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is the host of the celebrated <i>Carnegie Hall Talks</i>, a series of conversations with great musicians.