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A review by mattbenard
Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler
5.0
One of the best non-fiction books I have read in years.
Eichler's "Time's Echo" focuses on the lives and post war works of 4 composers (Schoenberg, Strauss, Britten, and Shostakovich) in relation to the concepts of remberance, memorial, and trauma.
Also discussed at length are three of my most favorite authors: Vasily Grossman, W.G. Sebald, and Stefan Zweig. When I started this book I was not aware of their inclusion...it gave a thick layer of icing to an already delicious cake.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Eichler's "Time's Echo" focuses on the lives and post war works of 4 composers (Schoenberg, Strauss, Britten, and Shostakovich) in relation to the concepts of remberance, memorial, and trauma.
Also discussed at length are three of my most favorite authors: Vasily Grossman, W.G. Sebald, and Stefan Zweig. When I started this book I was not aware of their inclusion...it gave a thick layer of icing to an already delicious cake.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED