
- 240 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
In 1999 the Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian writer Edward Said organised a concert in Weimar in which half the performers were Palestinians and the other half Israelis.The performance itself and the rehearsals which preceded it had a lasting effect on all the participants. How far can the relationship between music and politics be used to promote a more peaceful world? That is the central question which motivates this challenging new work by some of the leading musicians and music scholars of our time. Combining theory from experienced academics such as Johan Galtung, Cindy Cohen and Karen Abi-Ezzi with compelling stories from musicians like Yair Dalal, the book also includes an exclusive interview with folk legend Pete Seeger. In each instance, practical and theoretical perspectives have been combined in order to explore music's role in conflict transformation. The book is divided into five sections. The first, 'Frameworks', reflects in-depth on the connections between music and peace, while the second, 'Music and Politics', discusses the impact of music on society. The third section, 'Healing and Education', offers examples of the transformative power of music in prisons and settings of conflict-resolution, while the fourth, 'Stories from the Field', tells true stories about music's impact in the Middle East and elsewhere. Finally, 'Reflections' encourages the reader to consider a personal evaluation of the work with a view to further explorations of the power of music to promote peace.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Multimedia Material Accompanying tis Volume
- Introduction - Olivier Urbain
- 1. Music and Empathy - Felicity Laurence
- 2. Music: A Universal Language? - Cynthis Cohen
- 3. Music and Value in Cross-Cultural Work - June Boyce-Tillman
- 4. Peace, Music and the Arts - Johan Galtung
- 5. Music as a Tool of Reconciliation in South Africa - Anne-Marie Gray
- 6. We Shall Overcome - Baruch Whitehead
- 7. Music as a Discourse of Resistance - Karen Abi-Ezzi
- 8. Unpeaceful Music - George Kent
- 9. Music Behind Bars - Kjell Skyllstad
- 10. Healing Cultural Violence - Vegar Jordanger
- 11. Music Therapy - Maria Elena Lopez Vinader
- 12. Managing Conflicts through Music - Kjell Skyllstad
- 13. Working in the Trenches - Rik Palieri
- 14. Art for Harmony in the Middle East - Olivier Urbain
- 15. Music and Peacemaking in Educational Contexts - June Boyce-Tillman
- Index