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From a bestselling and award-winning team comes a moving, gorgeously illustrated picture-book biography of one of the greatest cellists of all time, Yo-Yo Ma, and his lifelong passion for using music to unite people in harmony and joyI've been asking myself all my life, What is the purpose of music?' Yo-Yo Ma At a young age, Yo-Yo Ma discovered a remarkable gift for the cello, playing Bach from memory by age four. His technique was far beyond his years, but even as he grew and became a world-class musicianstudying at Juilliard, performing at Carnegie Hall at a young age, even playing on television before the president of the United Stateshe wanted to use his gift for something deeper, something bigger. As he asked question after question, trying to understand his place in the world, he discovered something that every culture has in common: music. Ma decided that he would spend his life not only performing for others, but learning from other cultures' musical traditions and findin

The Music Inside Us

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      Publisher Abrams & Chronicle
      Imprint Abrams
      Published 1 March 2025
      ISBN-13 9781419755217
      978-1419755217
      ISBN-10 1419755218
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      Book Synopsis
      From a bestselling and award-winning team comes a moving, gorgeously illustrated picture-book biography of one of the greatest cellists of all time, Yo-Yo Ma, and his lifelong passion for using music to unite people in harmony and joyI've been asking myself all my life, What is the purpose of music?' Yo-Yo Ma At a young age, Yo-Yo Ma discovered a remarkable gift for the cello, playing Bach from memory by age four. His technique was far beyond his years, but even as he grew and became a world-class musicianstudying at Juilliard, performing at Carnegie Hall at a young age, even playing on television before the president of the United Stateshe wanted to use his gift for something deeper, something bigger. As he asked question after question, trying to understand his place in the world, he discovered something that every culture has in common: music. Ma decided that he would spend his life not only performing for others, but learning from other cultures' musical traditions and findin

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