In Letters of Note: Music, Shaun Usher brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about some of the musicians and music that enrich our lives. It is a wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating book that will delight music lovers of all stripes.
Includes letters by:
Ludgwig van Beethoven, Nick Cave,
Helen Keller, Keith Richards,
Yo-Yo Ma, Tom Waits, Erik Satie,
Angélique Kidjo, Leonard Cohen
John Coltrane, Kim Gordon
& many more
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 01 He is Called Mick Jagger
- 02 My Heart Almost Stood Still
- 03 Thank you, and I Hope you Choke
- 04 I am so Close Behind you
- 05 Thank You
- 06 The Greatest Musical Pleasure I Have Ever Experienced
- 07 I Have Two Handicaps
- 08 Easy, Young Man
- 09 I Invented Punk
- 10 Composer for Nitwts
- 11 I Have Learnt to Master Myself
- 12 It Wasn’t a Rip Off, It was a Love in
- 13 A Grand Success
- 14 Do you Still Remember Me?
- 15 Get at the Very Heart of it
- 16 I Don’t Even Write to my Mother
- 17 Aida will Gather Dust in the Archives
- 18 Please Advise
- 19 Don’t Let Anyone Define who you are
- 20 Not That One, Doctor – It’s Got No Rhythm
- 21 Picture the Scene
- 22 Who is Karen Carpenter, Really?
- 23 Poppy-Cock
- 24 The Color of the Stars, Her Skin, Her Love
- 25 It’s a Virus
- 26 Herbs is his Majesty’s
- 27 A Harmonious Creation of Art
- 28 Please Change Your Hold Music
- 29 Blow ’em Away, Kid
- 30 The Creative Urge
- Permission Credits
- Acknowledgements
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