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050 00 ML417.D38|bA3 2022 
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100 1  Denk, Jeremy,|eauthor. 
245 10 Every good boy does fine :|ba love story, in music lessons
       /|cJeremy Denk. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xi, 368 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Part One: Harmony. The Earliest Lessons -- Harmony, Lesson
       One -- Forty Days And Forty Nights -- Harmony, Lesson Two 
       -- Moments Of Truth -- Harmony, Lesson Three -- Part Two: 
       Melody. The Real World -- Melody, Lesson One -- 
       Motivations, Pure And Otherwise -- Melody, Lesson Two -- 
       Self-Destruction And Self-Salvation -- Melody, Lesson 
       Three -- Part Three: Rhythm. "Nothing Is Done, Everything 
       Is Done" -- Rhythm, Lesson One -- More Europeans! -- 
       Rhythm, Lesson Two -- The End Of The Line -- Rhythm, 
       Lesson Three -- So You Want To Go To Julliard -- Coda 
       (Transitions). 
520    "In this searching and funny memoir, based off his popular
       New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an
       implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a 
       precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old 
       piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown 
       forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music's 
       nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while
       navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. 
       Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering 
       cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to 
       profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and 
       triumphs, to find his way as one of the world's greatest 
       living pianists, a MacArthur "Genius," and a frequent 
       performer at Carnegie Hall. There are few writers working 
       today who are willing to eloquently explore both the joys 
       and miseries of artistic practice. Hours of daily 
       repetition, mystifying early advice, pressure from parents
       and teachers who drove him on-an ongoing battle of talent 
       against two enemies: boredom and insecurity. As we meet 
       various teachers, with cruel and kind streaks, Denk 
       composes a fraught love letter to the act of teaching. He 
       brings you behind the scenes, to look at what motivates 
       both student and teacher, locked in a complicated and 
       psychologically perilous relationship. In his imaginative 
       prose, Denk explores how classical music is relevant to 
       "real life," despite its distance in time. He dives into 
       pieces and composers that have shaped him-Bach, Mozart, 
       Schubert, and Brahms, among others-and gives unusual 
       lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. Why and how do 
       these fundamental elements have such a visceral effect on 
       us? He tries to sum up many of the lessons he has gotten, 
       to repay the debt of all his amazing teachers; to remind 
       us that music is our creation, and that we need to keep 
       asking questions about its purpose"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Denk, Jeremy. 
650  0 Pianists|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  7 MUSIC / History & Criticism.|2bisacsh  
650  7 Pianists.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01063351  
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155  
655  2 Autobiography|0(DNLM)D020493 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919894  
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896  
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aDenk, Jeremy.|tEvery good boy does fine
       |dNew York : Random House, [2022]|z9780812995992|w(DLC)  
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