Edition |
1st paperback edition |
Description |
308 pages ; 21 cm |
Summary |
Arnold Steinhardt, tracing his own development as a student, orchestra player, and budding young soloist, gives a touching account of how he and his intrepid colleagues were converted to chamber music despite the daunting odds against success. And he reveals, as no one has before, the intensely difficult process by which--on the battlefield of daily three-hour rehearsals--four individualists master and then overcome the confining demands of ensemble playing. --from publisher description. |
Contents |
Zone of magic -- Soloist -- The heart of the matter -- Birth announcement -- Fifty bucks a concert -- Debut, or You owe me twenty-five cents -- The metal ear -- Growing pains -- In perfect four-part harmony -- A long journey -- "Death and the maiden." |
Subject |
Guarneri Quartet.
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Musicians -- United States -- Training of.
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Chamber music groups -- Intellectual life.
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Chamber music groups -- Job stress.
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ISBN |
0374527008 |
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9780374527006 |
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0374236704 |
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9780374236700 |
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