Bibliograph

When words fail, a life with music, war and peace, Ed Vulliamy ; with illustrations by Shirley Hughes

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When words fail, a life with music, war and peace, Ed Vulliamy ; with illustrations by Shirley Hughes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-470), discography (pages 436-453) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When words fail

Nature of contents

bibliographydiscographies

Responsibility statement

Ed Vulliamy ; with illustrations by Shirley Hughes

Sub title

a life with music, war and peace

Summary

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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