Musical Revolutions
From the critically acclaimed author of Temperament, a narrative account of the most defining moments in musical history—classical and jazz—all of which forever altered Western culture
"A fascinating journey that begins with the origins of musical notation and travels through the centuries reaching all the way to our time.”—Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor and music director of the Czech Philharmonic
When the World Stopped to Listen
From the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Piano: the poignant and timely story of the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, where, at the height of Cold War tensions, an American musician demonstrated how art could change the world.