Cassie Loves Beethoven
Cassie Loves Beethoven

Author: Alan Arkin

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 2000-11-02

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Relates the startling effects of Beethoven's music on the Kennedys' new cow.

Beethoven’s Kiss
Beethoven’s Kiss

Author: Kevin Kopelson

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780804725972

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The first chapter, on the amateur pianist, scrutinizes the way Andre Gide and Roland Barthes discuss piano playing, their favorite composers - and their homosexuality. Situating these discussions within the histories of sexuality and amateur pianism, the author argues that connections between musical and sexual mastery are shaped by the "performance" of class and gender

An Improvised Life
An Improvised Life

Author: Alan Arkin

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 030681966X

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Alan Arkin knew he was going to be an actor from the age of five: "Every film I saw, every play, every piece of music fed an unquenchable need to turn myself into something other than what I was." An Improvised Life is the Oscar winner's wise and unpretentious recollection of the process--artistic and personal--of becoming an actor, and a revealing look into the creative mind of one of the best practitioners on stage or screen. In a manner that is direct, down-to-earth, accessible, and articulate, Arkin reveals insights not only about himself (and his audience and students), but also truths for the rest of us about work, relationships, and sense of self.

Newsmakers
Newsmakers

Author: Laura Avery

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 9780787680916

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Provides timely and informative profiles of the world's most interesting people.