| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
In a cluttered room in an abandoned coat factory in lower Manhattan,the Late Starters Orchestra comes together each week to make music. All have come late to music or come back to it after a long absence. In this bona fide amateur string orchestra, Goldman pursues his lifelong dream of playing the cello. Goldman takes us along to LSO rehearsals and his son's Suzuki lessons; he explores history's greatest cellists and attempts to understand what motivates his fellow late starters. |
| Contents |
Part one : Tuning up. The fiddler ; The cello -- Part two : Overtures. The next chapter ; Origins ; Love and marriage -- Part three : Fathers and sons and orchestras. Downtown symphony ; Milt ; Suzuki ; Music moms and dads ; The InterSchool Orchestras of New York ; Avery Fisher Hall ; The oldest kid in the orchestra -- Part four : The New York Late-Starters Orchestra. Conducting ; Nishanti ; Dan ; Joe ; LSO and Suzuki ; The East London Late Starters Orchestra ; Shira -- Part five : Old and new. Bar Mitzvah ; Practicing ; The view from the audience ; Back in the saddle ; Music camp British style ; Aaron ; Geraldine ; Ed, Colin, and Chris ; The maestros and me ; Music camp American style -- Part six : The beauty of an open string. Happy Birthday ; Finale ; Grand finale. |
| Subject |
Goldman, Ari L., 1949-
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New York Late-Starters String Orchestra.
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Orchestral musicians -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Cello -- Instruction and study -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| ISBN |
9781565129924 (hardback) |
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156512992X (hardback) |
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