Time's echo : the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the music of remembrance
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Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-359) and index
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"A stirring account of how the flowering of the European Enlightenment, two World Wars, and the Holocaust can be remembered through the poignant works of music created in their wake"--,Provided by publisher
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When it comes to how societies remember these increasingly distant dreams and catastrophes, we often think of history books, archives, documentaries, or memorials carved from stone. But in Time's Echo, the award-winning critic and cultural historian Jeremy Eichler makes a passionate and revelatory case for the power of music as culture's memory, an art form uniquely capable of carrying forward meaning from the past. With a critic's ear, a scholar's erudition, and a novelist's eye for detail, Eichler shows how four towering composers--Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Benjamin Britten--lived through the era of the Second World War and the Holocaust and later transformed their experiences into deeply moving, transcendent works of music, scores that echo lost time. Summoning the supporting testimony of writers, poets, philosophers, musicians, and everyday citizens, Eichler reveals how the essence of an entire epoch has been inscribed in these sounds and stories. Along the way, he visits key locations central to the music's creation, from the ruins of Coventry Cathedral to the site of the Babi Yar ravine in Kyiv. As the living memory of the Second World War fades, Time's Echo proposes new ways of listening to history, and learning to hear between its notes the resonances of what another era has written, heard, dreamed, hoped, and mourned. A lyrical narrative full of insight and compassion, this book deepens how we think about the legacies of war, the presence of the past, and the renewed promise of art for our lives today
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Eichler, J. (2023). Time's echo: the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the music of remembrance (First edition). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eichler, Jeremy. 2023. Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eichler, Jeremy. Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Eichler, Jeremy. Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance First edition, Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
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