- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (14 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297855441
- ISBN-13: 978-0297855446
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 310,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"in this cogent and provocative book, Barenboim shows us that he's a subtle writer too" (Richard Morrison THE TIMES )
"No musician alive speaks with such authority on the major issues of our times" (Norman Lebrecht EVENING STANDARD )
'By far the most interesting sections deal with the remarkable West-Eastern Divan Orchestra...These sections, with their joys, conflicts and triumphs crackle with energy.' (METRO )
'Barenboim's challenging book does not simply tell the inspiring story of the orchestra. It is also a profound analysis of music.' (Peter Lewis DAILY MAIL )
"Barenboim insists, brilliantly, on the power of music.. what he does best is convince you that music might just bear the burden well" (Michael Pye THE SCOTSMAN )
"we have a rare opportunity to hear how a master musician thinks" (Susan Tomes THE GUARDIAN )
"few writers have summed up as concisely or intelligently the fundamentals of classical music" (Andrew Clark FINANCIAL TIMES )
"In Everything is Connected, Barenboim has shaped his musical and political dreams into a personal manifesto" (Ed Smith SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"It establishes him, once again, as the most pure-hearted and, therefore, anguished advocate of the ultimates and lasting importance of art" (Bryan Appleyard SUNDAY TIMES )
"He expresses himself simply without being simplistic, and the purposefully slow rhythmns of his prose almost command the reader to stop, think and, ultimately, listen" (THE ECONOMIST )
"In powerfully direct prose, he explains why.. music is not beyond questions of politics, culture and society but operates at their hearts" (Guy Dammann DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"a highly worthwhile book. Barenboim's writing is lucid and clear" (Owen Hatherly NEW STATESMAN )
"a coherent and detailed thesis" (Conor Farrington TLS )
"I read this book straight through.. and I know I will read it again and again." (Robert Giddings TRIBUNE )
"No musician alive speaks with such authority on the major issues of our times" (Norman Lebrecht EVENING STANDARD )
'By far the most interesting sections deal with the remarkable West-Eastern Divan Orchestra...These sections, with their joys, conflicts and triumphs crackle with energy.' (METRO )
'Barenboim's challenging book does not simply tell the inspiring story of the orchestra. It is also a profound analysis of music.' (Peter Lewis DAILY MAIL )
"Barenboim insists, brilliantly, on the power of music.. what he does best is convince you that music might just bear the burden well" (Michael Pye THE SCOTSMAN )
"we have a rare opportunity to hear how a master musician thinks" (Susan Tomes THE GUARDIAN )
"few writers have summed up as concisely or intelligently the fundamentals of classical music" (Andrew Clark FINANCIAL TIMES )
"In Everything is Connected, Barenboim has shaped his musical and political dreams into a personal manifesto" (Ed Smith SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"It establishes him, once again, as the most pure-hearted and, therefore, anguished advocate of the ultimates and lasting importance of art" (Bryan Appleyard SUNDAY TIMES )
"He expresses himself simply without being simplistic, and the purposefully slow rhythmns of his prose almost command the reader to stop, think and, ultimately, listen" (THE ECONOMIST )
"In powerfully direct prose, he explains why.. music is not beyond questions of politics, culture and society but operates at their hearts" (Guy Dammann DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"a highly worthwhile book. Barenboim's writing is lucid and clear" (Owen Hatherly NEW STATESMAN )
"a coherent and detailed thesis" (Conor Farrington TLS )
"I read this book straight through.. and I know I will read it again and again." (Robert Giddings TRIBUNE )
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A memoir by the master pianist, conductor and internationalist Daniel Barenboim - 'the closest thing that classical music can offer to Nelson Mandela' [THE TIMES]
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This intellectually written book concisely expresses his deep anguish about the future of classical music and Israel, as sincere as his Beethoven.
The most interesting part, for me, was his encounter with Bible and Spinoza. With a lucky coincidence, when I got that chapter, I was just receiving a lecture on Spinoza. As a Non-European myself, Jews and Palestinian problem has been one of the most intricate and but unimaginably illogical situation.
This book will be an advocate for the further thought about the problem.
It also gives us an idea how he met and developed the sole friendship with Edward Said, the late Palestinian scholar. There are a couple of rather duplicated articles in the Part 11, Variations, but they convey vividly the feelings of at the time of events. Nonetheless, his passion in music and intention to connect his mind with us is strongly there.
Since I was at his conversation/ question time, through which his full of passion and ardent inner quest permeated towards auditorium well with occasional jokes, at the Royal Festival Hall in London and heard his recent Beethoven piano sonata concerts, I have been very curious to know his inside world. This book answered me well. -
The most interesting part, for me, was his encounter with Bible and Spinoza. With a lucky coincidence, when I got that chapter, I was just receiving a lecture on Spinoza. As a Non-European myself, Jews and Palestinian problem has been one of the most intricate and but unimaginably illogical situation.
This book will be an advocate for the further thought about the problem.
It also gives us an idea how he met and developed the sole friendship with Edward Said, the late Palestinian scholar. There are a couple of rather duplicated articles in the Part 11, Variations, but they convey vividly the feelings of at the time of events. Nonetheless, his passion in music and intention to connect his mind with us is strongly there.
Since I was at his conversation/ question time, through which his full of passion and ardent inner quest permeated towards auditorium well with occasional jokes, at the Royal Festival Hall in London and heard his recent Beethoven piano sonata concerts, I have been very curious to know his inside world. This book answered me well. -
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An excellent book. But Barenboim lovers beware: the content is exactly the same as his 'other' book, "Music quickens time". Identical books, only different titles.
24 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"The Power of Music" ends on page 134. The publisher must have thought that 134 pages was too short, so they padded the book out with a disparate collection of the author's press articles and interviews.
I am not a musician, but in light of the excellent reviews this book got in the press, I had high hopes of gaining visionary new insights into a world I had not previously explored. For brief moments I thought that was beginning to happen, and it kept promising to happen until the end of Part One, but ultimately I came away empty-handed. Chapter 6 is called "Finale". It is then followed by 9 other odds and sods. In musical terms, what kind of a finale is that and in what kind of a composition?
I am not a musician, but in light of the excellent reviews this book got in the press, I had high hopes of gaining visionary new insights into a world I had not previously explored. For brief moments I thought that was beginning to happen, and it kept promising to happen until the end of Part One, but ultimately I came away empty-handed. Chapter 6 is called "Finale". It is then followed by 9 other odds and sods. In musical terms, what kind of a finale is that and in what kind of a composition?
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power of music
was an interstign book and helped an awful lot towards research notes to keep back for later projects in the next couple of years
Published 4 months ago by toby
The Power of Music by Daniel Barenboin
This is an absolutely wonderful book, written by a great master. It is a book one reads many times over.
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Published 14 months ago by Judith Halliday
Barenboim, the totally inspired musician.
Daniel Barenboim is not only a 100 % musician, he is also an inspired writer who can write about and explain music in a very lucid way. Read more
Published 17 months ago by J. Van Tengbergen
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the item was the way the seller described it and the way i expected it to be.
Published on 5 Oct 2009 by Valentin Stancioi
powerful philosophical
Already after reading the first chapters an intriguing book, not always an easy-read because of the many deep thoughts and wonderful almost melodious ways Barenboim "composes"... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by A. M. Hulshof
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