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musical passion of Edward W. Said

via Lost Papers by Rocio Garcia

on 6/23/10 was the death of Glenn Gould in 1981 that drove Edward W. Said to write seriously about music. Realizing that his untimely death put an end to a brilliant career took piano Said to investigate fully the life and musical achievements of this eccentric musician. It became an obsession. This is the story of Said's wife, Mariam, in the preface of the book just published debates, music to the limit, which brings together essays, reflections and music criticism that the Palestinian intellectual, wrote for three decades. The final text, untimely meditations, a critique of the book devoted to Beethoven Maynard Solomon, was published The Nation in September 2003, just two weeks before his death. The preface of the book is Daniel Barenboim.

Edward W. Said was more than an intellectual known and respected for his courageous analysis of the Middle East conflict. Born west of Jerusalem in the heart of a Christian Palestinian family, his childhood was spent in Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon. He completed his studies in America, whose Columbia University was Professor of Comparative Literature. Less well known was his role as critic and scholar of music, plot in which shone from the pages of The Nation. Now provides an excellent opportunity to do so with the publication of Music at the limit, which through 44 written, Said reflects on multiple topics. Since the censorship of Wagner in Israel until Bach's genius and eccentricity of critical Schuman symphony concerts and operas.

His close friend Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine-Jewish musician who shared projects related to peace in the Middle East as the West Eastern Divan, Said says that "listening with your eyes open and with a deep knowledge of music that you understood ways to hear and try to allow the intent of the artist and his musical approach "and emphasizes the large capacity the Palestinian intellectual to resolve conflicts, whether political or otherwise, involving all stakeholders.

Edward Said sought in music a kind of refuge from the fear of death. Mariam, his wife, confesses that during the years in which he faced leukemia, music became his constant companion. For him, music and the time occupied the same world: the transience, the challenge.

Cordero García Photo: Daniel Barenboim, left, and Edward Said in Seville in August 1993.