{"product_id":"music-at-the-limits-paperback","title":"Music at the Limits - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Said\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic at the Limits\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic at the Limits\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a fresh perspective on canonical pieces and a celebration of neglected works by contemporary composers. Said faults the Metropolitan Opera in New York for being too conservative and laments the way in which opera superstars like Pavarotti have \"reduced opera performance to a minimum of intelligence and a maximum of overproduced noise.\" He also reflects on the censorship of Wagner in Israel; the worrisome trend of proliferating music festivals; an opera based on the life of Malcolm X; the relationship between music and feminism; the pianist Glenn Gould; and the works of Mozart, Bach, Richard Strauss, and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaid wrote his incisive critiques as both an insider and an authority. He saw music as a reflection of his ideas on literature and history and paid close attention to its composition and creative possibilities. Eloquent and surprising, \u003ci\u003eMusic at the Limits\u003c\/i\u003e preserves an important dimension of Said's brilliant intellectual work and cements his reputation as one of the most influential and groundbreaking scholars of the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward W. Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the music critic for the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eOut of Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e. His books with Columbia University Press include \u003ci\u003eJoseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHumanism and Democratic Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeginnings: Intention and Method\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMusical Elaborations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468968083705,"sku":"9780231139373","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Y2RzT245eGkwZTNRbTdacEl4UTkzQT09.webp?v=1772478098","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/music-at-the-limits-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}