Practicing

A Musician's Return to Music

Glenn Kurtz

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Vintage U S
15 November 2008

The Arts: General & Reference; Music; Guitar; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Diaries, letters & journals

The inspiring story of a child prodigy guitarist who gives up the performing life but starts playing again as an adult, sheerly for the love of music. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK.

In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he attempts a solo career in Vienna but soon realizes that he has neither the ego nor the talent required to succeed and gives up the instrument, and his dream, entirely.

But not forever- Returning to the guitar, Kurtz weaves into the narrative the rich experience of a single practice session. Practicing takes us on a revelatory, inspiring journey- a love affair with music.

By: Glenn Kurtz
Imprint: Vintage U S
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 257g
ISBN: 9780307278753
ISBN 10: 0307278751
Pages: 239
Publication Date: 15 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Glenn Kurtz holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Stanford University and was a 2016 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. He has taught at San Francisco State University, California College of the Arts, and Stanford. He has written several critically-acclaimed books, including Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music, and has been published in The New York Times, Salon, Southwest Review, and ZYZZYVA. He lives in New York City. www.glennkurtz.com

Reviews for Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music

Graceful. . . . A lovely, unique book. . . . A personal journey [that] becomes universal, elevating all in the process. Los Angeles Times A thoughtful and fluid meditation on the subject. . . . [Kurtz] might just compel you to call your old grade-school piano teacher to see if she's taking on any new students. The New York Times Book Review A sensuous, evocative memoir about love lost and regained. . . . Kurtz has gone back to work on his guitar playing, and his devotion seems like a rebirth of self. San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Absorbing . . . [Written] with uncanny sensitivity about his brief career as a professional performer. The Wall Street Journal