Three Pianos

Author : Andrew McMahon
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781648960758

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Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon Pdf

From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searingly honest and beautifully written memoir about the challenges and triumphs of his life and career, as seen through the lens of his personal connection to three pianos. Andrew McMahon grew up in sunny Southern California as a child prodigy, learning to play piano and write songs at a very early age, stunning schoolmates and teachers alike with his gift for performing and his unique ability to emotionally connect with audiences. McMahon would go on to become the lead singer and songwriter for Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, and to release his debut solo album, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, in 2014. But behind this seemingly optimistic and quintessentially American story of big dreams come true lies a backdrop of overwhelming challenges that McMahon has faced—from a childhood defined by his father's struggle with addiction to his very public battle with leukemia in 2005 at the age of twenty-three, as chronicled in the intensely personal documentary Dear Jack. Overcoming those odds, McMahon has found solace and hope in the things that matter most, including family, the healing power of music and the one instrument he's always turned to: his piano. Three Pianos takes readers on a beautifully rendered and bitter-sweet American journey, one filled with inspiration, heartbreak, and an unwavering commitment to shedding our past in order to create a better future.

Author : Andrew McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1648961819

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Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon Pdf

From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searing, honest, and beautifully written memoir about his childhood and his career, told through the lens of his three pianos. 0The lead singer and songwriter for such bands as Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin grew up in Southern California as a talented child prodigy, learning to play piano and write songs at a very early age, stunning schoolmates and teachers alike with his gift for performing as well as his unique ability to emotionally connect with his audiences. But behind this incredible pop talent lurked a darker tale, a child dealing with a father prone to opioid addiction and a mother whose own fragility enabled a worsening situation for Andrew and his sister, Kate. Uprooting the family numerous times as a fallout of his own drug abuse, Andrew's father miraculously saved the one treasure that would keep his son connected to hope, creativity, and solace: the family piano. Told through the lens of his connection to three pianos-as a child, then as a newly established adult musician, and then as a father Three Pianos takes readers on a beautifully rendered and bittersweet American journey, one filled with hope, heartbreak and an unwavering commitment to shedding away our past in order to create a better future.

Author : Andrew McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1648960200

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Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon Pdf

From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searing, honest, and beautifully written memoir about his childhood and his career, told through the lens of his three pianos. The lead singer and songwriter for such bands as Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin grew up in Southern California as a talented child prodigy, learning to play piano and write songs at a very early age, stunning schoolmates and teachers alike with his gift for performing as well as his unique ability to emotionally connect with his audiences. But behind this incredible pop talent lurked a darker tale, a child dealing with a father prone to opioid addiction and a mother whose own fragility enabled a worsening situation for Andrew and his sister, Kate. Uprooting the family numerous times as a fallout of his own drug abuse, Andrew's father miraculously saved the one treasure that would keep his son connected to hope, creativity, and solace: the family piano. Told through the lens of his connection to three pianos--as a child, then as a newly established adult musician, and then as a father--Three Pianos takes readers on a beautifully rendered and bittersweet American journey, one filled with hope, heartbreak and an unwavering commitment to shedding away our past in order to create a better future.

Author : Katie Hafner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608190454

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A Romance on Three Legs by Katie Hafner Pdf

Glenn Gould was famous for his obsessions: the scarves, sweaters and fingerless gloves that he wore even on the hottest summer days; his deep fear of germs and illness; the odd wooden "pygmy" chair that he carried with him wherever he performed; and his sudden withdrawal from the public stage at the peak of his career. But perhaps Gould's greatest obsession of all was for a particular piano, a Steinway concert grand known as CD318 (C, meaning for the use of Steinway Concert Artists only, and D, denoting it as the largest that Steinway built). A Romance on Three Legs is the story of Gould's love for this piano, from the first moment of discovery, in a Toronto dept. store, to the tragic moment when the piano was dropped and seriously damaged while being transported from a concert overseas. Hafner also introduces us to the world and art of piano tuning, including a central character in Gould's life, the blind tuner Verne Edquist, who lovingly attended to CD318 for more than two decades. We learn how a concert grand is built, and the fascinating story of how Steinway & Sons weathered the war years by supplying materials for the military effort. Indeed, CD318 came very close to ending up as a series of glider parts or, worse, a casket. The book has already been lauded by Kevin Bazzana, author of the definitive Gould biography, who notes that Hafner "has clarified some old mysteries and turned up many fresh details."

Author : Cynthia Adams Hoover,Patrick Rucker,Edwin Marshall Good
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015054368371

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Piano 300 by Cynthia Adams Hoover,Patrick Rucker,Edwin Marshall Good Pdf

Published in conjunction with the March 2000 exhibition at the Smithsonian International Gallery celebrating the tricentennial of the invention of the piano. The 250-plus color photographs and text by Smithsonian curators Cynthia Hoover, Patrick Rucker, and Edwin Good present the technical and social history of the instrument, highlighting the innovative craftsmen, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, teachers, performers and composers who helped to make it the most popular musical instrument of modern times. They also include rare composers' manuscripts and first editions tracing the diversity of music the piano inspired. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John W. Schaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:777925575

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Piano Course by John W. Schaum Pdf

Author : Kenneth Baker
Publisher : Amsco Music
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0825624363

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The Complete Piano Player by Kenneth Baker Pdf

Book 5 of this popular series will teach you new skills and techniques while reinforcing skills already learned. You will learn more about phrasing and how dynamics in music can transform your playing. Four new keys are introduced and new left hand techniques are introduced.

Author : Arthur Loesser
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486171616

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Men, Women and Pianos by Arthur Loesser Pdf

A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Author : Willard A. Palmer,Morton Manus,Amanda Vick Lethco
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1982-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 0882848151

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Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book, Bk 3 by Willard A. Palmer,Morton Manus,Amanda Vick Lethco Pdf

A piano course for beginners of all ages. Alfred's Basic Piano Library offers 4 complete beginning piano methods that use the same eclectic reading approach (with a focus on intervals). However, the grading, songs, illustrations, covers and names of the courses are all different.

Author : Melody Bober
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781470634148

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Grand Trios for Piano, Book 3 by Melody Bober Pdf

The joy of ensemble playing with six hands at the piano is captured in this series of trios by educational music author Melody Bober. Written for pianists at the late-elementary level, the pieces in this collection require hands-together coordination and movement around the keyboard. All three parts are equal in difficulty. A variety of keys, styles, meters, and tempos are featured. Titles: * Blueberry Blues * Carousel * Midnight Rider * Uno, dos, tres, quatro

Author : Thad Carhart
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780375758621

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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart Pdf

Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is brought into view. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an indispensable guide to the history and art of the piano. Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history, and stories of the people who care for them, from amateur pianists to the craftsmen who make the mechanism sing. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion. Praise for The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: “[Carhart’s] writing is fluid and lovely enough to lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the most jaded traveler back to Paris.” –San Francisco Chronicle “Captivating . . . [Carhart] joins the tiny company of foreigners who have written of the French as verbs. . . . What he tries to capture is not the sight of them, but what they see.” –The New York Times “Thoroughly engaging . . . In part it is a book about that most unpredictable and pleasurable of human experiences, serendipity. . . . The book is also about something more difficult to pin down, friendship and community.” –The Washington Post “Carhart writes with a sensuousness enhanced by patience and grounded by the humble acquisition of new insight into music, his childhood, and his relationship to the city of Paris.” –The New Yorker NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Concerto (Piano)
ISBN : 0253339537

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Music for Piano and Orchestra by Maurice Hinson Pdf

Suitable for all admirers of the piano, this work brings together more than 3,000 works for piano and orchestra. It comes with a supplement containing over 200 new entries.

Author : Nancy Faber,Randall Faber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03
Category : Piano
ISBN : 1616776714

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Level 3a - Sightreading Book by Nancy Faber,Randall Faber Pdf

Piano/Keyboard Methods/Series

Author : James Parakilas
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780300080551

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Piano Roles by James Parakilas Pdf

The place of the piano in classical and popular musical cultures and its changing roles over the past three centuries are examined by eminent authorities. Everything about the piano is here: its invention, innovations in design, importance of piano lessons in girls' lives, images formed around the piano, and more. 153 b&w, 65 color illustrations.

Author : Sophy Roberts
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780802149305

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The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts Pdf

This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux