A Devil to Play
One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Jasper Rees | ISBN: | 9780061979712 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books | Publication: | October 6, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jasper Rees |
| ISBN: | 9780061979712 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Publication: | October 6, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
