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Publisher
Wellsprihg Media
Pub. Date
c2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this remake of Fingers, Tom, a ne'er-do-well, works with two scheming real estate men who have little or no morals. He decides to return to the piano, practicing Bachs' Toccata in E Minor for an important audition that could be a life-changing event.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
An accomplished concert pianist, Richard received standing ovations from audiences all over the world in awe of his rare combination of emotional resonance and flawless technique. Every finger of his hands was a finely calibrated instrument, dancing across the keys and striking each note with exacting precision. That was eight months ago. Richard now has ALS, and his entire right arm is paralyzed. His fingers are impotent, still, devoid of possibility....
4) La La Land
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
Publisher
MTI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frederic Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer Aurore Dupin, who called herself George Sand.
Series
Criterion collection volume 546
Description
An extremely crass and frustrated oil worker, and failed child pianist hiding from his past in Texas. Robert Dupea spends his life drinking beer and sleeping with (and cheating on) his annoying but adoring wannabe girlfriend, but when he learns that his father is dying in Washington State, he leaves because leaving is what Dupea does best, from his problems, fears, and those who love him.
Author
Description
Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's life is enviable (she's a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi's a mess (she's divorced and broke, with two teenagers growing up too quickly), they are fiercely close-raised in a Mennonite household and sharing the hardship of Elf's desire to end her life. After Elf's latest attempt, Yoli must quickly determine how to keep her family from falling apart...
9) Body & soul
Author
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame.
10) Player piano
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Formats
Description
Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. His rebellion is a wildly funny, darkly satirical look at modern society.
11) Grand piano
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: ₁Play one wrong note and you die₂. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper₂s motives and look for help...
Author
Series
Victorian mysteries (Karen Odden) volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
385 pages, 15 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Description
Nineteen-year-old Nell Hallam lives in a modest corner of Mayfair with her brother Matthew, an inspector at Scotland Yard. An exceptionally talented pianist, she aspires to attend the Royal Academy; but with tuition beyond their means, Nell sets out to earn the money herself-by playing piano in a popular Soho music hall. And the fact that she will have to disguise herself as a man and slip out at night to do it doesn't deter her. Spending evenings...
Publisher
The Right Stuf, International
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miu once loved to play the piano. Now an introverted teen, Miu has become too shy to express her feelings - even through her music. When Miu develops a crush on Takahashi, her teacher notices a remarkable change in Miu's playing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
137 pages ; 19 cm.
Description
Piano tuner and jazz musician Frank Ryan is in Japan teaching bored housewives how to play piano. Then he gets a gig in a trendy underground bar and ends up ensnared with a young woman with a grudge and the crime boss who owns the bar. Drawn into Tokyo Girl's vendetta, Frank stumbles into an underworld where transgressions are paid for by the flash of a razor-sharp cleaver. And for a pianist, that's not a good thing. Tokyo Girl is the follow-up to...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Description
A young orphaned piano prodigy in 1936 is admitted to a North Carolina mental hospital under the care of a celebrated doctor and receives innovative treatment based on exercise, diet, and art therapies alongside Zelda Fitzgerald.
17) Sweet talk
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 17 cm.
Description
Claire Keyes is a twenty-eight year old piano prodigy who has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family - which is just part of the reason she hasn't seen the family bakery or her two sisters in years.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and executive produced by Jerry Weintraub, this HBO Films drama recreates the glittering private world of Liberace, the flamboyant, phenomenally successful entertainer whose extravagant costumes, trademark candelabra, and elaborate stage shows made him the most bankable entertainer of his time.
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unprecedented array of never-before-seen footage of Gould, photographs, and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal interviews with Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before, to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate 27 years after his untimely death.
Author
Series
Maggie O'Shea novels volume 1
Formats
Description
With her godson missing, Maggie O'Shea is shown a picture by the special agent on the case of her long-lost first love, who inexplicably appears to be alive, compelling Maggie to travel to France to uncover the link between these two.
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