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From Ear to Ear : A Pianist's Love Affair with Song by Steven Blier (2025, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-101324005483
ISBN-139781324005483
eBay Product ID (ePID)3074481725
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrom Ear to Ear : a Pianist's Love Affair with Song
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2025
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorSteven Blier
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
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ReviewsSteven Blier was one of my very first concert collaborators. The stories of incredible singers in venues all around the world in this gorgeous memoir give me the feeling of being a part of New York music history., Steven Blier's career has been an invaluable gift to the art of song in the United States. His delightful memoir illuminates this subtle, powerful art form in terms that will engage anyone from professional musicians to armchair listeners. If you love songs (and who doesn't?) you will want to read this book., Witty, naughty, passionate, inspiring, brimming with insights, artistry and love--that's Steve Blier, and that's this beautiful book. A miraculous musical life., Deeply felt and full of telling personal detail. Blier captures the fragility of musical awakening in a music memoir for musicians (and others) to treasure., I have spent many hours learning from Steven Blier in the rehearsal studio, on the concert stage, and at his kitchen table. Still, as I devoured the wisdom, wit, honesty, and humanity of From Ear to Ear, I felt that I was meeting Steve for the first time. Effortlessly good-humored and rich with musical insight, Steven's storytelling is as warm on the page as it is from the stage. A must read for any artist, as it testifies to the power of individuality, grit, and passion in the face of adversity., Steven Blier's career has been an invaluable gift to the art of song in the US. His delightful memoir illuminates this subtle, powerful art form in terms that will engage anyone from professional musicians to armchair listeners. If you love songs (and who doesn't?) you will want to read this book., Blier's humanity and delicacy of spirit are palpable on every page -- as well as, crucially, his innate hilarity. With seeming effortlessness, Steven conveys the mad euphoria of music-making; his deep connections with an array of colleagues, friends, and lovers; and the daunting challenges of fighting the demon tormenting his body., From Ear to Ear overflows with the same wit and charm Steve Blier brings to the stage. He makes you feel like family., This book should be required reading not just for performers of all kinds, but also for those who love them and those who are their audiences., Steven Blier's humanity and delicacy of spirit are palpable on every page--as well as, crucially, his innate hilarity. With seeming effortlessness, Steven conveys the mad euphoria of music-making; his deep connections with an array of colleagues, friends, and lovers; and the daunting challenges of fighting the demon tormenting his body., Deeply felt and full of telling personal detail. Steven Blier captures the fragility of musical awakening in a music memoir for musicians (and others) to treasure., Steven Blier was one of my very first concert collaborators. The stories of incredible singers in venues all around the world in this gorgeous memoir gives me the feeling of being a part of New York music history.
Synopsis"Witty, naughty, passionate, inspiring, brimming with insights, artistry, and love--that's Steve Blier, and that's this beautiful book. A miraculous musical life." ?David Hyde Pierce, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and director, "Witty, naughty, passionate, inspiring, brimming with insights, artistry, and love--that's Steve Blier, and that's this beautiful book. A miraculous musical life." -David Hyde Pierce, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and director While other kids were enjoying the head-bashing pleasures of tackle football, a freshly bar mitzvahed Steven Blier was inhaling operas and getting his first taste of accompanying professional singers. Beginning with impromptu piano gigs in the 1960s, Blier ascended to a dazzling career as an accompanist, teacher, and producer that has taken him to the highest reaches of artistic achievement. Today, Blier has partnered many of the brightest stars in music and thousands have fallen in love with his work via his acclaimed New York Festival of Song. From Ear to Ear recounts his picaresque and unfailingly entertaining road to a successful career as a collaborative pianist, bringing to life his partnerships with iconic performers like Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Jessye Norman, Cecilia Bartoli, and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, and beloved mentors, including Alvin Epstein and Martha Schlamme. Drawing on his innovative work as a vocal coach and concert producer, Blier takes readers deep into his artistic process, revealing the intricacies of song interpretation, what makes certain songs tick, and what music has meant in his life and what it can mean in anyone's. But Blier also tells a parallel story: his lifelong battle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Aided by his intense determination, as well as his wry sense of humor, Blier continues his life at the piano. True to a musician for whom nothing is off limits, From Ear to Ear showcases Blier's voracious musical appetite, dazzling wit, and the hard-earned lessons from a lifetime of performance. As Adam Gopnik writes in his foreword, Blier's career and achievements are "genuinely heroic, a testament to the power of music.", While other kids were enjoying the head-bashing pleasures of tackle football, a freshly bar mitzvahed Steven Blier was inhaling operas and getting his first taste of accompanying professional singers. Beginning with impromptu piano gigs in the 1960s, Blier ascended to a dazzling career as an accompanist, teacher, and producer that has taken him to the highest reaches of artistic achievement. Today, Blier has partnered many of the brightest stars in music and thousands have fallen in love with his work via his acclaimed New York Festival of Song. From Ear to Ear recounts his picaresque and unfailingly entertaining road to a successful career as a collaborative pianist, bringing to life his partnerships with iconic performers like Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Jessye Norman, Cecilia Bartoli, and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, and beloved mentors, including Alvin Epstein and Martha Schlamme. Drawing on his innovative work as a vocal coach and concert producer, Blier takes readers deep into his artistic process, revealing the intricacies of song interpretation, what makes certain songs tick, and what music has meant in his life and what it can mean in anyone's. But Blier also tells a parallel story: his lifelong battle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Aided by his intense determination, as well as his wry sense of humor, Blier continues his life at the piano. True to a musician for whom nothing is off limits, From Ear to Ear showcases Blier's voracious musical appetite, dazzling wit, and the hard-earned lessons from a lifetime of performance. As Adam Gopnik writes in his foreword, Blier's career and achievements are "genuinely heroic, a testament to the power of music."
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