When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace

Hardback

Main Details

Title When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ed Vulliamy
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreMusic
20th century and contemporary classical music
ISBN/Barcode 9781783783366
ClassificationsDewey:780.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Granta Books
Imprint Granta Books
Publication Date 13 September 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making sound - can it stop wars, rehabilitate the broken, unite, educate or inspire? From Jimi Hendrix playing 'Machine Gun' at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan under siege in 2016, Ed Vulliamy has lived the music, met the legends, and asked, when words fail, might we turn to music? There's only one way to find out, and that is to listen...

Author Biography

Ed Vulliamy is the author of Amexica and The War is Dead: Long Love The War. He has been an Observer journalist for 20 years and is the author of the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th anniversary liner notes.