A Devil to Play
One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument
Published on 8. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-06-162662-3 (ISBN)
Description
A charming and deeply funny memoir of musical obsession, A Devil to Play is the story of Jasper Rees, a man who unearths his childhood French horn, and begins a quixotic but obsessively serious challenge: to play a Mozart concerto--alone--for a paying audience within one year's time. It's an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-162662-3 (9780061626623)
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Jasper Rees
Devil to Play
One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument
E-Book
10/2009
1st Edition
HarperCollins
€8.99
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Person
A journalist with two decades of experience, Jasper Rees has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, the Evening Standard, and The Times. He lives in London.