Musically Speaking
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Musically SpeakingA Life Through SongDr. Ruth K. WestheimerTouching and frequently witty.--Publishers WeeklyDr. Ruth sees music as a kind of conscience. Melody is something she has measured her life on. Its an extraordinary story, her story.--BonoDr. Ruth shows us how and why music functions in her life, with lessons for all of us. A real gem of a book.--Wynton MarsalisA wonderful book, both moving and delightful. With her customary charm and brio, Westheimer shares with us how a life can be shaped by music. Brava!--Zubin MehtaWho would have thought that when Dr. Ruth finally explained the rhythm method, shed be talking about music? To read her is to know her, to know her is to adore her.--Harvey FiersteinMusic, I have come to realize, is for me a kind of golden thread running through my life. It has helped maintain my connection with the past that otherwise might have been severed by catastrophe and time. I am often asked--indeed, I often wonder myself--why it is that I should always have had such joie de vivre in the face of the losses and dislocations I had to endure in my early years. The answer I always gave was that the warmth and security of my early childhood had a remarkable power and influence. This is certainly true. But now I have realized that there is another part to the answer. And that is music.--from the introductionWho among us does not have a song that triggers vivid memories--of jubilation, of belonging, of sorrow, of love? In Musically Speaking, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, one of Americas most beloved personalities, has written a warm and contemplative book about the role music has played in her life and the ineradicable traces it has left on her thoughts, emotions, her very being.In this memoir through song, Dr. Ruth invites us to share her story from a uniquely musical perspective. By the time she was thirty, Ruth Westheimer had lived in five countries, each with a distinctive musical culture, each with a different
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