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020 a| 9780231139366 (cloth : alk. paper);

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245 10 a| Music at the limits /c| Edward W. Said.;

300 a| xiii, 325 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| Includes index.;

505 00 g| The music itself:t| Glenn Gould's contrapuntal vision --g| Remembrance of things played: presence and memory in the pianist's art --g| Pomp and circumstance (on musical festivals) --t| On Richard Strauss --t| Die Walküre, Aida, X --t| Music and feminism --g| Maestro for the massest| (review of Understanding Toscanini) --g| Middle age and performers --t| The Vienna Philharmonic: the complete Beethoven symphonies and concertos --t| The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni --t| Glenn Gould at the Metropolitan Museum --t| Giulio Cesare --t| Bluebeard's Castle, Erwartung --g| Extreme occasionst| (on Celibidache) --t| Peter Sellars's Mozart --t| András Schiff at Carnegie Hall --t| Richard Strauss --t| Wagner and the Met's Ring --t| Opera productions (Der Rosenkavalier, House of the dead, Doctor Faust) --t| Style and stylessness (Elektra, Semiramide, Katya Kabanova) --t| Alfred Brendel: words for music (review of Alfred Brendel's Music sounded out: essays, lectures, interviews, afterthoughts) --t| Die tote Stadt, Fidelio, The death of Klinghoffer --g| Uncertainties of stylet| (The ghosts of Versailles, Die Soldaten) --g| Musical retrospection --t| The bard festival --t| The importance of being unfaithful to Wagner --t| Music as gesture (on Solti) --t| Les Troyens --g| Child's playt| (review of Maynard Solomon's Mozart: a life) --t| 32 short films about Glenn Gould --t| Bach's genius, Schumann's eccentricity, Chopin's ruthlessness, Rosen's gift (review of Charles Rosen's The romantic generation) --t| Why listen to Boulez? --t| Hindemith and Mozart --t| Review of Michael Tanner's Wagner --t| In the chair (review of Peter Ostwald's Glenn Gould and the tragedy of genius) --t| On Fidelio --t| Music and spectacle (La cenerentola and The rake's progress) --t| Review of Gottfried Wagner's He who does not howl with the wolf : The Wagner legacy: an autobiography --t| Bach for the masses --t| Daniel Barenboim (bonding across cultural boundaries) --t| Glenn Gould, the virtuoso as intellectual --t| Cosmic ambition (review of Christoph Wolff's Johann Sebastian Bach: the learned musician) --t| Barenboim and the Wagner taboo --t| Untimely meditations (review of Maynard Solomon's Late Beethoven).;

520 a| This is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music. Addressing the work of a variety of composers, musicians, and performers, Said carefully draws out music's social, political, and cultural contexts and, as a classically trained pianist, provides rich and often surprising assessments of classical music and opera.;

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Music at the limits / Edward W. Said.

Author/creator	Said, Edward W.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Description	xiii, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Musical criticism. Opera--Reviews. Operas--Performances. --20th century. Concerts--Reviews. Music--Book reviews.

Contents	The music itself: Glenn Gould's contrapuntal vision -- Remembrance of things played: presence and memory in the pianist's art -- Pomp and circumstance (on musical festivals) -- On Richard Strauss -- Die Walküre, Aida, X -- Music and feminism -- Maestro for the masses (review of Understanding Toscanini) -- Middle age and performers -- The Vienna Philharmonic: the complete Beethoven symphonies and concertos -- The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni -- Glenn Gould at the Metropolitan Museum -- Giulio Cesare -- Bluebeard's Castle, Erwartung -- Extreme occasions (on Celibidache) -- Peter Sellars's Mozart -- András Schiff at Carnegie Hall -- Richard Strauss -- Wagner and the Met's Ring -- Opera productions (Der Rosenkavalier, House of the dead, Doctor Faust) -- Style and stylessness (Elektra, Semiramide, Katya Kabanova) -- Alfred Brendel: words for music (review of Alfred Brendel's Music sounded out: essays, lectures, interviews, afterthoughts) -- Die tote Stadt, Fidelio, The death of Klinghoffer -- Uncertainties of style (The ghosts of Versailles, Die Soldaten) -- Musical retrospection -- The bard festival -- The importance of being unfaithful to Wagner -- Music as gesture (on Solti) -- Les Troyens -- Child's play (review of Maynard Solomon's Mozart: a life) -- 32 short films about Glenn Gould -- Bach's genius, Schumann's eccentricity, Chopin's ruthlessness, Rosen's gift (review of Charles Rosen's The romantic generation) -- Why listen to Boulez? -- Hindemith and Mozart -- Review of Michael Tanner's Wagner -- In the chair (review of Peter Ostwald's Glenn Gould and the tragedy of genius) -- On Fidelio -- Music and spectacle (La cenerentola and The rake's progress) -- Review of Gottfried Wagner's He who does not howl with the wolf : The Wagner legacy: an autobiography -- Bach for the masses -- Daniel Barenboim (bonding across cultural boundaries) -- Glenn Gould, the virtuoso as intellectual -- Cosmic ambition (review of Christoph Wolff's Johann Sebastian Bach: the learned musician) -- Barenboim and the Wagner taboo -- Untimely meditations (review of Maynard Solomon's Late Beethoven).
Abstract	This is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward W. Said's essays and articles on music. Addressing the work of a variety of composers, musicians, and performers, Said carefully draws out music's social, political, and cultural contexts and, as a classically trained pianist, provides rich and often surprising assessments of classical music and opera.
General note	Includes index.
LCCN	2007002276
ISBN	9780231139366 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0231139365 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780231511551 (electronic)
ISBN	0231511558 (electronic)

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