{"product_id":"music-lessons-seven-composers-and-what-they-taught-me-hardcover","title":"Music Lessons: Seven Composers and What They Taught Me - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow Shostakovich Changed My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new book about the cathartic power of music.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor critic and composer Stephen Johnson, there have been moments when music has confronted him with life-changing insights. Some of these have been hard to accept, but once accepted they have opened up new possibilities of thinking, feeling and living. Through an exploration of seven pieces -- by Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lili Boulanger, Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius and Ludwig van Beethoven -- Johnson considers the lives and the intentions of the composers who created them, and how they have affected him personally.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Johnson is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Shostakovich Changed My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taken part in several hundred radio programmes and documentaries, including BBC Radio 3's weekly Discovering Music series, and has made numerous appearances on TV, contributing as a guest interviewee on BBC Radio 4's coverage of The Proms, ITV's \u003ci\u003eThe South Bank Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and on BBC1's \u003ci\u003eThe One Show\u003c\/i\u003e. Additionally, he made an important contribution, both as commentator and narrator, to Tony Palmer's controversial film about the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, \u003ci\u003eOh Thou Transcendent\u003c\/i\u003e, and more recently to Palmer's film about Gustav Holst, \u003ci\u003eIn the Bleak Midwinter\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Herefordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59855631745105,"sku":"9781912559879","price":21.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/MdJBVYc6Y29781912559879.webp?v=1784814624","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/es\/products\/music-lessons-seven-composers-and-what-they-taught-me-hardcover","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}