Music Talks - Softcover

Helen Epstein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440178100 ISBN 13: 9781440178108

Publisher: iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

"For twenty years, I've assigned these profiles to my students as a means of understanding themselves and their art. Epstein has a gift for making the sometimes remote world of classical music seem familiar without sacrificing its majesty and mystery."
-Jonathan Baldo, Eastman School of Music

"I use her book as a model for my students in teaching them both the profile form and how to provoke subjects into revealing themselves on the page."
-Megan Marshall, Emerson College, Dept. of Writing, Literature and Publishing

"An illuminating introduction to the trials and triumphs of the classical musician."
-New York Times Sunday Book Review

"Informative, perceptive, lively and accurate."
-Gary Graffman, Curtis Institute

About this title

About the Author:

HELEN EPSTEIN ( WWW. HELENEPSTEIN.COM ) IS THE AUTHOR OF CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST, WHERE SHE CAME FROM, AND JOE PAPP-ALL NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR. PRAGUE-BORN, SHE GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY AND WROTE CULTURAL FEATURES FOR THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES. HER BOOKS HAVE BEEN WIDELY TRANSLATED.

From Library Journal:

Epstein is a journalist who knows a lot about music; nine of the 13 very engaging chapters in this collection are articles reprinted from newspapers. The "working musicians" we meet are Horowitz, Leonard Bernstein, Yo-Yo Ma, James Galway, violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay, the late bassoonist Hugo Burghauser, hornist Edward Birdwell, producer Andrew Kazdin, and violinist Cecylia Arzewski; the Juilliard Quartet, the Leventritt Competition, the Marlboro concerts, and the study of conducting at Tanglewood are also discussed. But for some amusing comments to Bernstein, Epstein does not use this as an opportunity to show herself off. She knows what questions to ask and understands the implications of the answers. Enjoyable reading for musicians and music lovers alike.Dominique-Rene de Lerma, Music Dept., Morgan State Univ., Baltimore
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About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1440178100
• ISBN 13: 9781440178108
• Binding: Print on Demand (Paperback)
• Number of pages: 260