Time's Echo
Book description
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR • WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS • Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction • A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past • SUNDAY…
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2 authors picked Time's Echo as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a remarkable study of the relationships between music, culture, history and memory. It reshaped the way I think about these topics, and put the events of the 20th century in a different perspective than I had considered. It is beautifully written and deeply researched.
It is a brilliant tour through twentieth century concert music that illuminates the history of the century, the agonies of the Holocaust, and the ineffable influence of music in shaping our relationship to both the past and the future.
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