| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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Paperback version published by Faber & Faber in 2016 (xii, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm). |
| Contents |
Opening -- Baltimore -- Chicago -- Juilliard -- Paris -- Ravi Shankar -- Nadia Boulanger -- Journey to the East -- Rishikesh, Katmandu, and Darjeeling -- Blessed doctor of the Tomo Valley -- Kathakali and Satyagraha -- Four paths -- Return to New York -- First concerts -- Art and music -- Cape Breton -- New York's East Village -- Einstein on the beach -- Opera -- Music and film -- Candy Jernigan -- Cocteau trilogy -- Closing. |
| Summary |
A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Here his behind-the-scenes recollections allow readers to experience those moments of creative fusion when life so magically merged with art. From his childhood in post-World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Juilliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass movingly recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that helped shape his artistic consciousness. |
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The composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores examines his own life and career. |
| Subject |
Glass, Philip.
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Glass, Philip. |
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Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780871404381 hardcover US |
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0871404389 hardcover US |
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9780571323722 hardcover UK |
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0571323723 hardcover UK |
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9780571323746 paperback 2016 |
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057132374X paperback 2016 |
| Standard No. |
9780871404381 |
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