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02587aam a2200421 i 4500 001 2AF16300CC3911ECA9DB857422ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220505010357 008 211216s2022||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2021948521 020 $a 1638082049 020 $a 9781638082040 035 $a (OCoLC)1283820282 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Duchin, Peter,. 245 1 $a Face the music $h [large print] : $b a memoir [Large print] (LP) / $c Peter Duchin with Patricia Beard. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2022. 300 $a 293 pages (large print) : $b photographs ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Regular print version previously published by: Doubleday. 500 $a This book was purchased with funds donated by the Glenwood Lions Club. 520 $a "The internationally famous bandleader Peter Duchin's six decades of performing have taken him to the most exclusive dance floors and concert halls in the world. He has played for presidents, kings, and queens, as well as for civil rights and cultural organizations. But in 2013, Duchin suffered a stroke that left him with limited use of his left hand, severely impacting his career. Recuperating from his stroke -- and later from a critical case of Covid-19 -- inspired Duchin to reconsider his complicated past. His father, the legendary bandleader Eddy Duchin, died when Peter was twelve; his mother, Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin, died when he was just six days old. In the succeeding decades, Duchin would follow his father to become the epitome of mid-20th century glamour. But it was only half a century later, in the aftermath of his sudden illnesses, that he began to see his mother and father not just as the parents he never had, but as the people he never got to know; and at the same time, to reconsider the milieu in which he has been both a symbol and a participant"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20220304. 600 1 $a Duchin, Peter. 650 7 $a Large type books. 650 7 $a Pianists $z United States $v Biography. 650 $a Band directors $z United States $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. 700 $a Beard, Patricia,. 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206010343.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024555.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230221010532.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20220906015101.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20220712012229.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20220505011108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2AF16300CC3911ECA9DB857422ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search