Letters of note
Subtitle: Music
By: compiled by Shaun Usher
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780771049576
Subjects: Musicians; Correspondence; Music; Letters; Literary collections
Other titles: Music
Description: "An inspired and inspiring collection of letters on the theme of music, from the curator of the globally popular Letters of Note website. The first volume in the bestselling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name--an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme. In this volume, Shaun Usher turns to music in all its forms. Music elicits the full range of emotion from the human heart: from joy to despair, humour to awe. Letters of Note: Music brings together a riveting collection of letters by and about musicians and music that enrich our lives. Includes letters by Beethoven, Charles Baudelaire, Helen Keller, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Audrey Hepburn, Janis Joplin, Prince, Eminem, and many more."--
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.