5 must-read music books like Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra by Lawrence Angell

Cover of Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra by Lawrence Angell

Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra

By: Lawrence Angell

4.35

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, George Szell led the Cleveland Orchestra from 1…

If you liked the music plot in Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra by Lawrence Angell , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. My Young Years

By: Arthur Rubinstein

3.50

Format: 250 pages,

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2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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3. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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4. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

By: Mark Seal

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more

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5. Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

By: Jeremy Denk

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music--its p… read more

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  • music
"You passed. But have you considered the word "la"?"

-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

"And what else is music but a space for us to live in, for a while."

-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

"Remember: music is not the notes. It is between the notes. [György Sebők]"

-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

"Evil moment, when you doubt the magician's magic, when you wonder if it was more image than insight."

-Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

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6. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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7. Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

By: Aidan Levy

4.48

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

**Winner of the American Book Award (2023)** ​**Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Awar… read more

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8. Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra

By: Lawrence Angell

4.35

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, George Szell led the Cleveland Orchestra from 1… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Angell's Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra book and Lawrence Angell's Tales from the Locker Room: An Anecdotal Portrait of George Szell and his Cleveland Orchestra

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Cover of Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy (Volume 7) (Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series) by Anshel Brusilow

9. Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy (Volume 7) (Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series)

By: Anshel Brusilow

4.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Anshel Brusilow started playing violin in 1933 at age five, in a Russian Jewish neighborhood of Phi… read more

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