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Absolutely on Music: Conversations

by Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Absolutely on Music: Conversations
Absolutely on Music: Conversations

Insightful dialogues on music by literary maestro.

If music and literature are your twin passions, this book is like a backstage pass to the minds of maestro Haruki Murakami and renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa. You'll feel as though you're sitting in on their private conversations, gaining unique insights into the complexities of music and the nuances of its intersection with writing. It's a rare opportunity to see what happens when two different kinds of artists reflect on a shared love.

  • 小林秀雄賞 (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Absolutely on Music: Conversations

by Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
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ISBN: 9780385354349
Authors: Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Publisher: Knopf
Date of Publication: 2016-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Music, Biographies & Memoirs, Art
Related Topics: Essays, Memoir, Biography, Art, Memoir, Music, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.9
(rated by 6779 readers)

Description

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and his close friend, the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and from The Beatles' Norwegian Wood to Franz Liszt's Years of Pilgrimage, the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk, over a period of two years, about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the two maestros. It is essential reading for book and music lovers everywhere.
 

Insightful dialogues on music by literary maestro.

If music and literature are your twin passions, this book is like a backstage pass to the minds of maestro Haruki Murakami and renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa. You'll feel as though you're sitting in on their private conversations, gaining unique insights into the complexities of music and the nuances of its intersection with writing. It's a rare opportunity to see what happens when two different kinds of artists reflect on a shared love.

  • 小林秀雄賞 (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.