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A devil to play : one man's year-long quest to master the orchestra's most difficult instrument

A devil to play : one man's year-long quest to master the orchestra's most difficult instrument

Rees, Jasper.
Book 2008

Jacob Rees tells why he took up the French horn again at the age of 39-and-three-quarters and persevered to play in front of a packed London auditorium and perform a Mozart concerto on this notoriously treacherous instrument. He also relates the story of man's first musical instrument, and its journey from the walls of Jericho to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, from the hunting fields of aristocratic France to the heart of Hollywood.

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Horn (Musical instrument)
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ISBN:
9780061626616
0061626619
Edition:
First edition
Description:
324 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: I found my horn. Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308)
Contents:
In the beginning was the horn
The ipso factor
Who is this Bethover?
Le son du boa
Ass, ox, and fool
Hold it like a man!
Without fear of death
Holly wouldn't
The act you've known for all these years
The pass door
LCCN:
2008019201
Control Number:
172111
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