What's your favorite music-related book or movie?
There are some fantastic books and movies about music! Let us know some of your recommendations so we can check them out!
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One of my favorite music-related movies is "Amadeus" and a book that I really enjoyed about music was
"Schumann: The Faces and the Masks"
by Judith Chernaik
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
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Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
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Ditto on Amadeus. Another good old movie about Schumanns and Brahms with Katherine Hepburn called “Song of Love” is worth checking out.
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Highly recommend a few books: Fryderyk Chopin by Alan Walker, Johannes Brahms Biography by Jan Swafford and Quarter Notes and Bank Notes by F.M. Scherer.
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A Romance on Three Legs - Katie Hafner,
Every Good Boy Does Fine - Jeremy Denk
movie: Shine
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The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten.
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Amadeus was also a favorite of mine.
I just watched Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould. Interesting documentary I found on the Kanopy app from my library.
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Seymour: An Introduction
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Books…
The Grand Obsession - Perri Knize
The Art of Practicing - Madeleine Bruser
Piano Shop on the Left Bank - Tim Carhart
The Seventh Dragon - the riddle of equal temperament - Anita Sullivan
Every Good Boy Does Fine - Jeremy Denk
The Perfect Wrong Note - William Westney
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“Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach” is a treasure
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Shine. I've seen it about ten times.( Biographical film about Pianist David Helfgott) Book: The musical Dialogue. Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
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I saw “The Orchestra That Chuck Built” at Mountainfilm two weeks ago. Chuck and five musician came to speak and play for the QA. Long live the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Ángeles. (ICYOLA)
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I absolutely loved “Seymour: An Introduction” about Seymour Bernstein.
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I like ,Farinelli‘. What a music and tragedy. Gives me goosebumps.
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One fascinating books that came to mind is "The Forbidden Childhood". About Ruth Slenczynska and her childhood to young adult. Fascinating read, and she talks about studying with Rachmaninoff, Cartot and others.
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Movie - Note by Note, The Making of Steinway L1037. This is a can't miss if you're a pianist!
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I had the pleasure to talk to Leon Fleisher briefly at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC when he was introducing his new book then "My nine Lives". I bought the book and he autographed it. I truly recommend it if you want to know the biography of a distinguish pianist.
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Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession Ian Bostridge
Scott Hicks documentary Glass: A portrait of Phillip in twelve parts
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Movie - “They Came to Play”
about the amateur van Cliburn competition. Fabulous character portraits. Very entertaining!
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I saw the movies The Green Book and Forest of Piano at around the same time, it made me want to play the piano again after a super super long hiatus 😄
I don't read many books that are not related to my work these days, especially with practice time taking up my spare moments, but I am noting all the book suggestions here for future reference, for sure!
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Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford
