{"product_id":"words-without-music-a-memoir","title":"Words Without Music: A Memoir","description":"New York Times Bestseller\nAn NPR Best Book of the Year\nWinner of the Chicago Tribune Literary Award\nFinalist for the Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing\n\"Reads the way Mr. Glass's compositions sound at their best: propulsive, with a surreptitious emotional undertow.\" ―Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times\nPhilip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet in Words Without Music, his critically acclaimed memoir, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a born storyteller and an acutely insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow readers to experience those moments of creative fusion when life so magically merged with art. From his childhood in Baltimore to his student days in Chicago and at Juilliard, to his first journey to Paris and a life-changing trip to India, Glass movingly recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that helped shape his creative consciousness. Whether describing working as an unlicensed plumber in gritty 1970s New York or composing Satyagraha, Glass breaks across genres and re-creates, here in words, the thrill that results from artistic creation. Words Without Music ultimately affirms the power of music to change the world. 32 pages of photographs\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1631491431\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1631491431.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Glass, Philip\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331215687741,"sku":"BVV.1631491431.A","price":6.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1631491431-0.jpg?v=1783541298","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/words-without-music-a-memoir","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}