A lasting record, Stephen Downes
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Classification
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Creator
1
Subject
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Label
A lasting record, Stephen Downes
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
portraitsillustrationsplates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
A lasting record
Responsibility statement
Stephen Downes
Summary
A LASTING RECORD tells the unique true story of two separate but interconnected lives: New Yorker William Kapell, America's greatest home-grown concert pianist, and Roy Preston, Melbourne-based Myer cosmetics salesman and classical music aficionado. Kapell and Preston are united by one single acetate, containing a Chopin sonata recorded by Roy from Kapell's last concert in the regional Australian city of Geelong. With a mix of detective work and imagination, from this single acetate, Stephen Downes tells a spellbinding tale of the greatest pianist who almost never was, and his eccentric and passionate fan
Target audience
adult
Incoming Resources
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