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Quintet : five journeys toward musical fulfillment / David Blum ; foreword by Arnold Steinhardt.
LIBRA ML394 .B66 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blum, David, 1935-1998.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicians--Biography.
- Musicians.
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-.
- Ma, Yo-Yo.
- Tate, Jeffrey.
- Gingold, Josef.
- Goode, Richard.
- Nilsson, Birgit.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Quintet presents compelling portraits of five artists known and loved by aficionados of classical music: the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the conductor Jeffrey Tate, the violinist Josef Gingold, the pianist Richard Goode, and the opera singer Birgit Nilsson.
- Contents:
- A process larger than oneself : profile of the cellist Yo-Yo Ma
- Walking to the pavilion : profile of the conductor Jeffrey Tate
- A gold coin : profile of the violinist Josef Gingold
- Going to the core : profile of the pianist Richard Goode
- The farm girl and the stones : profile of the singer Birgit Nilsson.
- Notes:
- Articles originally published in The New Yorker and the New York times.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801437318
- OCLC:
- 42308697
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