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- Book Synopsis
- From the bestselling author of the award-winning How Shostakovich Changed My Mind comes a new book about the cathartic power of music. For critic and composer Stephen Johnson, there have been moments when music has confronted him with life-changing insights. Some of these have been hard to accept, but once accepted they have opened up new possibilities of thinking, feeling and living. Through an exploration of seven pieces - by Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lili Boulanger, Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius and Ludwig van Beethoven - Johnson considers the lives and the intentions of the composers who created them, and how they have affected him personally.
- About The Author
- Stephen Johnson has taken part in several hundred radio programs and documentaries, including Radio 3's weekly series Discovering Music. He is also a presenter on the Classic Arts podcast series Archive Classics. Johnson has made numerous appearances on TV, contributing as a guest on BBC4's coverage of The Proms, ITV's The South Bank Show, and BBC1's The One Show. He is the author of several books, including The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 and How Shostakovich Changed My Mind (Notting Hill Editions).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781912559879
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions, (16 June 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 190 x 120 mm
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