![9780385529181-038552918X-My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music](https://booksrun.com/image-loader/215/https:__m.media-amazon.com_images_I_51gcvFJChvL._SL500_.jpg)
My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music
ISBN-13:
9780385529181
ISBN-10:
038552918X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Anne Midgette, Leon Fleisher
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Doubleday
Format:
Hardcover
336 pages
Category:
Music
FREE US shipping
Book details
ISBN-13:
9780385529181
ISBN-10:
038552918X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Anne Midgette, Leon Fleisher
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Doubleday
Format:
Hardcover
336 pages
Category:
Music
Summary
My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music (ISBN-13: 9780385529181 and ISBN-10: 038552918X), written by authors
Anne Midgette, Leon Fleisher, was published by Doubleday in 2010.
With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other
Music
books. You can easily purchase or rent My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music (Hardcover) from BooksRun,
along with many other new and used
Music
books
and textbooks.
And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.44.
Description
The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.
The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he was struck down in his prime: at thirty-six years old, he suddenly and mysteriously became unable to use two fingers of his right hand.
It is not just Fleisher’s thirty-year search for a cure that drives this remarkable memoir. With his coauthor, celebrated music critic Anne Midgette, the pianist explores the depression that engulfed him as his condition worsened and, perhaps most powerfully of all, the sheer love of music that rescued him from complete self-destruction.
Miraculously, at the age of sixty-six, Fleisher was diagnosed with focal dystonia, and cured by experimental Botox injections. In 2003, he returned to Carnegie Hall to give his first two-handed recital in over three decades, bringing down the house.
Sad, reflective, but ultimately triumphant, My Nine Lives combines the glamour, pathos, and courage of Fleisher’s life with real musical and intellectual substance. Fleisher embodies the resilience of the human spirit, and his memoir proves that true passion always finds a way.
The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he was struck down in his prime: at thirty-six years old, he suddenly and mysteriously became unable to use two fingers of his right hand.
It is not just Fleisher’s thirty-year search for a cure that drives this remarkable memoir. With his coauthor, celebrated music critic Anne Midgette, the pianist explores the depression that engulfed him as his condition worsened and, perhaps most powerfully of all, the sheer love of music that rescued him from complete self-destruction.
Miraculously, at the age of sixty-six, Fleisher was diagnosed with focal dystonia, and cured by experimental Botox injections. In 2003, he returned to Carnegie Hall to give his first two-handed recital in over three decades, bringing down the house.
Sad, reflective, but ultimately triumphant, My Nine Lives combines the glamour, pathos, and courage of Fleisher’s life with real musical and intellectual substance. Fleisher embodies the resilience of the human spirit, and his memoir proves that true passion always finds a way.
We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
Book review
Congratulations! We have received your book review.
{user}
{createdAt}
by {truncated_author}