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User Review - datrappert - LibraryThingThis book is compiled from 12 lectures Schnabel gave at the University of Chicago in 1945. The first half is a more-or-less chronological, but brief, story of his life. The second part of the book ... Read full review
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| Title | My life and music |
| Author | Artur Schnabel |
| Publisher | Longmans, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 30, 2007 |
| Length | 223 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians Music Music / Instruction & Study / Theory Musicians Pianists |
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