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LEADER: 02018cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2008019201
003 DLC
005 20090901093547.0
008 080428s2008 nyu b 000 0aeng
010 $a 2008019201
020 $a9780061626616
020 $a0061626619
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn191930143
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dUPZ$dBUR$dJED$dF4B$dDLC
043 $ae-uk-en
050 00 $aML419.R4$bA3 2008
082 00 $a788.9/4092$222
100 1 $aRees, Jasper.
245 12 $aA devil to play :$bone man's year-long quest to master the orchestra's most difficult instrument /$cJasper Rees.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper,$cc2008.
300 $a324 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: I found my horn. Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-308).
520 $aJacob Rees tells why he took up the French horn again at the age of 39-and-three-quarters and persevered to play in front of a packed London auditorium and perform a Mozart concerto on this notoriously treacherous instrument. He also relates the story of man's first musical instrument, and its journey from the walls of Jericho to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, from the hunting fields of aristocratic France to the heart of Hollywood.
505 0 $aIn the beginning was the horn -- The ipso factor -- Who is this Bethover? -- Le son du boa -- Ass, ox, and fool -- Hold it like a man! -- Without fear of death -- Holly wouldn't -- The act you've known for all these years -- The pass door.
600 10 $aRees, Jasper.
650 0 $aHorn players$zEngland$vBiography.
650 0 $aHorn (Musical instrument)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008019201.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008019201-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008019201-d.html