Full name: Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony

Author: Arnold Steinhardt Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780374527006 0374527008

The Guarneri Quartet is fabled for its unique longevity and high-spirited virtuosity. Here is its story from the inside--a story filled with drama, humor, danger, compassion, and, of course, glorious music. A player who studies and performs the exalted string-quartet repertoire has opted for a very special life. Arnold Steinhardt, tracing his own development as a student, orchestra player, and budding young soloist, gives a touching account of how he and his intrepid colleagues were converted to chamber music despite the daunting odds against success. And he reveals, as no one has before, the intensely difficult process by which--on the battlefield of daily three-hour rehearsals--four individualists master and then overcome the confining demands of ensemble playing. Similar books: Unknown Pleasures by Peter Hook Lost in Music by Giles Smith Hotel California by Barney Hoskyns The Hacienda by Peter Hook Inside Out by Nick Mason Me, the Mob, and the Music by Tommy James Violin Dreams by Arnold Steinhardt This Wheel's on Fire by Levon Helm The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa This is Uncool by Garry Mulholland Where Did Our Love Go? by Nelson George Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn Otis Redding by Jonathan Gould The Great Pianists by Harold C. Schonberg White Line Fever by Lemmy Kilmister Let it Blurt by Jim DeRogatis Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page Punk Avenue by Phil Marcade The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison