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When Words Fail - A Life with Music, War and Peace (Paperback) Loot Price: R295
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When Words Fail - A Life with Music, War and Peace (Paperback): Ed Vulliamy

When Words Fail - A Life with Music, War and Peace (Paperback)

Ed Vulliamy

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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 2015, 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...

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Imprint: Granta Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2019
Authors: Ed Vulliamy
Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 978-1-78378-337-3
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
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LSN: 1-78378-337-0
Barcode: 9781783783373

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