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Tolan, Sandy.
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Aburedwan, Ramzi.
Violinists -- West Bank -- Biography.
Music -- Social aspects -- West Bank.
Music -- Instruction and study -- West Bank.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Education -- West Bank.
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Tolan, Sandy.
Aburedwan, Ramzi.
Violinists -- West Bank -- Biography.
Music -- Social aspects -- West Bank.
Music -- Instruction and study -- West Bank.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Education -- West Bank.
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Children
of the
stone
: the
power
of
music
in a
hard
land
/ Sandy Tolan.
by
Tolan, Sandy.
Bloomsbury USA, c2015.
Call #:
780.95695 T647c
Subjects
Aburedwan, Ramzi.
Violinists -- West Bank -- Biography.
Music
-- Social aspects -- West Bank.
Music
-- Instruction and study -- West Bank.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Education -- West Bank.
ISBN:
9781608198139 (hc.)
9781632863416 (pbk.)
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Description:
xxvi, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
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
. Musicians from all over the world came to help. A violist left the London Symphony Orchestra, in part to work with Ramzi at his new school, Al Kamandjati. An aspiring British opera singer moved to the West Bank to teach voice lessons. Daniel Barenboim, the eminent Israeli conductor, invited Ramzi to join his West Eastern Divan Orchestra, which he founded with the late Palestinian intellectual, Edward Said. Since then the two have played together frequently. "Ramzi has transformed not only his life, his destiny, but that of many other people," Barenboim said. "This is an extraordinary collection of
children
from all over Palestine that have all been inspired and opened to the beauty of life."
Children
of the
Stone
chronicles Ramzi's journey - from
stone
thrower to
music
student to school founder - and shows how through his love of
music
he created something lasting and beautiful in a
land
torn by violence and war."--Provided by publisher.
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