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Author:

Tolan, Sandy, author.

Title:

Children of the stone : the power of music in a hard land / Sandy Tolan.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxvi, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Aburedwan, Ramzi.
Violists--West Bank--Biography.
Music--Social aspects--West Bank.
Music--Instruction and study--West Bank.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Education--West Bank.
Palestinian Arabs--West Bank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-438), filmography (page 433), and index.

Contents:

Prelude. Over the wall to play Beethoven -- First movement : stone. Pushcart ; Grandfather ; Uprising ; Father ; Accord ; Viola ; Harmony ; Mozart ; Symbol -- Second movement : instrument. Conservatoire ; Adaptation ; Brother ; Troubadours ; Edward ; Jenin ; Oday ; Celine -- Third movement. Beethoven ; Al Kamandjati ; Andalucía ; Palaces ; Luthier ; Fire ; Birth ; Sebastia -- Fourth movement : resistance. Fractures ; Unity ; Rise, child ; Ode to joy ; A musical intifada -- Postlude. Over the wall, to play Beethoven.

Summary:

"Ramzi Hussein Aburedwan, a child from a Palestinian refugee camp, confronts an occupying army, gets an education, masters an instrument, dreams of something much bigger than himself, and then, through his charisma and persistence, inspires scores of others to work with him to make that dream real. The dream: a school to transform the lives of thousands of children-- as Ramzi's life was transformed-- through music"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1632863413
9781632863416
1608198138
9781608198139

LCCN:

2014032528

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