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A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer

Stephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths.

Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he's known, places he's traveled to, books he's read, paintings he's seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there-the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic.

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 2 February 2021
      ISBN-13 9781250785732
      978-1250785732
      ISBN-10 1250785731
      Also in:
      Art music, orchestral and formal music Music Performing arts

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer

      Stephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths.

      Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he's known, places he's traveled to, books he's read, paintings he's seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there-the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic.

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