In part rev. versions of articles previously published in the Wall Street Journal's "Leisure & Arts" section. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Diminuendo and crescendo in blue -- "Music all night-and all day long" -- The human instrument -- The nonpareils -- The classical players -- Listening ahead -- The words and sounds of real lives -- Roots -- When the saints go marching in.
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