Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Prom and prejudice Prom and prejudice Elizabeth Eulberg For Lizzie Bennett, a music scholarship student at Connecticut's exclusive, girls-only Longbourn Academy, the furor over prom is senseless, but even more puzzling is her attraction to the pompous Wil… OL15414006W
John Arpin Keyboard Virtuoso John Arpin Keyboard Virtuoso Robert Popple "Born and raised in Port McNicoll, John Arpin discovered his musical talents early: at the age of four he could pick out tunes on the piano that he had heard on the radio; by ten, he had been identif… OL17494519W
Glenn Gould
            
                Quest Library Dundurn Press Glenn Gould Quest Library Dundurn Press Vladimir Konieczny "Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a prodigy who loathed the word, a brilliant concert pianist who disliked performing, and a public figure who craved solitude. With his recording of the Goldberg Variation… OL17528858W
Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Jack Batten This book is the story of a black kid from a Montreal ghetto who reached accliam in the great music halls of the world. OL18146167W
Phototaxie Phototaxie Olivia Tapiero "Renoncer. Sauter les barrières. Brûler les horizons. Résonnent les cris de trois anarchistes. Théo, Zev et Narr résistent. Ombre et lumière, musique et silence s’enlacent d’un même mou… OL20849191W
Le roman du piano Le roman du piano Hildebrandt, Dieter Récit documenté qui raconte deux siècles d'histoire du piano. Dans une première partie, retrace le parcours du piano à queue au XIXe siècle, présente les figures marquantes du piano et les grands et … OL26183439W
Non, je ne suis pas du tout un excentrique Non, je ne suis pas du tout un excentrique Bruno Monsaingeon,Glenn Gould L'auteur a mis en scène Gould, sur le papier, dans le cadre d'une conférence de presse imaginaire, se déroulant par vidéophone. Il a puisé dans ses dernières sources (souvenirs, bribes de conversatio… OL27698213W
Death is the cool night Death is the cool night Libby Sternberg Two newly revised mysteries, from Edgar nominated author, Libby Sternburg. OL28951024W
The great pianists The great pianists Harold C. Schonberg From Mozart's fabulous legato that "flowed like oil" to Beethoven's oceanlike surge, from Clara Schumann's touch "sharp as a pencil sketch" to Rubinstein's volcanic and sensual playing, The Great Pia… OL3259513W
Frank Welsman Frank Welsman Mary E. Hughes Set lightly amidst Toronto's social and political history, the book describes the musical activity in Toronto from 1870 to the 1920s. This accessible volume is both a biography of conductor Frank We… OL8736927W
Novecento Novecento Alessandro Baricco Devenu adulte, un orphelin, trouve dans un bateau sur un piano a queue, entreprend une brillante carriere de pianiste sans jamais quitter le dit bateau. Un texte qui a du charme, ecrit pour un comedi… OL876496W