Play It Again - An Amateur Against The Impossible (Paperback)

In 2010, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin's Ballade No. 1 - a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists. His timing could have been better. The next twelve months were to witness the Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami, the English riots, and the Guardian's breaking of both WikiLeaks and the News of the World hacking scandal. In the midst of this he carved out twenty minutes' practice a day - even if that meant practising in a Libyan hotel in the middle of a revolution as well as gaining insights and advice from an array of legendary pianists, theorists, historians and neuroscientists, and even occasionally from secretaries of state. But was he able to play the piece in time?

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2014
Authors:	Alan Rusbridger
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	403
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-955474-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Keyboard instruments Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Biography > General Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Keyboard instruments Promotions
LSN:	0-09-955474-7
Barcode:	9780099554745

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