Amiscellany: My Life, My Music
Condition: SECONDHAND
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A life lived entirely in music is rarely without its extraordinary encounters, and John Amis had more than most. Amiscellany: My Life, My Music is the warm, witty, and richly detailed memoir of one of Britain's most beloved musical personalities — a man who counted Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and Yehudi Menuhin among his closest friends, and who spent decades at the heart of the British classical music world as a broadcaster, critic, and impresario. Written with the same irreverent charm that made Amis a household name through his appearances on BBC Radio and television — most famously on My Music — this memoir presents an insider's portrait of 20th-century British musical life that is both deeply personal and culturally illuminating. Amis chronicles friendships, feuds, and festivals with equal relish, and his prose carries the unmistakable cadence of a born raconteur. For anyone who has ever wondered what it truly sounded like behind the concert hall curtain, this is the book that pulls it wide open.
Author: John Amis
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good.
A life lived entirely in music is rarely without its extraordinary encounters, and John Amis had more than most. Amiscellany: My Life, My Music is the warm, witty, and richly detailed memoir of one of Britain's most beloved musical personalities — a man who counted Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and Yehudi Menuhin among his closest friends, and who spent decades at the heart of the British classical music world as a broadcaster, critic, and impresario. Written with the same irreverent charm that made Amis a household name through his appearances on BBC Radio and television — most famously on My Music — this memoir presents an insider's portrait of 20th-century British musical life that is both deeply personal and culturally illuminating. Amis chronicles friendships, feuds, and festivals with equal relish, and his prose carries the unmistakable cadence of a born raconteur. For anyone who has ever wondered what it truly sounded like behind the concert hall curtain, this is the book that pulls it wide open.