{"product_id":"rough-ideas","title":"Rough Ideas","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRough Ideas\u003c\/h1\u003eStephen Hough,Stephen Hough\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 2 2021\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781250785732\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1250785731\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e as one of \"Twenty Living Polymaths.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he's known, places he's traveled to, books he's read, paintings he's seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there--the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRough Ideas \u003c\/i\u003eis an illuminating, constantly surprising introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392756744237,"sku":"WHS-a5840c89d10f4ecd9ec7d38d809d92d1","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_90bd383f-675f-4188-8b93-a3515abbcf39.jpg?v=1787367646","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/rough-ideas","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}