“The art of music,” writes Jeremy Eichler, “possesses a unique and often underappreciated power to burn through history’s cold storage.” Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance reflects on the work of Schoenberg, Strauss, Britten, and Shostakovich as musical memorials. (The New York Times, 9/2/23; Financial Times, 9/5/23; Here & Now, 10/13/23; Literary Review, 11/2023)
The art of music possesses a unique and often underappreciated power
