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Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c1999
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of an extraordinary man who lives a remarkable life without setting foot on land. Abandoned atop a piano and raised by a lowly crew member in the bowels of a luxurious cruise ship, the boy is dubbed 1900 for the year he was born. As he grows up, he is drawn to the piano and discovers he has an amazing gift for creating music. His reputation spreads, but he refuses to leave the ship. Only when he spots a beautiful girl on-board does...
2) Once
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A Girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day she does odd jobs. At night she takes care of her mom and her daughter. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other. Girl helps Guy put together a demo...
3) Glass
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
For 18 months, award-winning director Scott Hicks followed the legendary composer Philip Glass across three continents, creating a remarkable portrait of one of the greatest artists of all time. Allowed unprecedented access to Glass's working process and long time collaborators, Hicks provides a unique glimpse into the composer's life.
4) Body & soul
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The life of young Claude Rawlings, the son of an eccentric taxi-driver mother, is changed forever in the 1940s when a local music store owner discovers the boy is a piano prodigy.
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Ryder, a pianist of international renown, arrives in a European city he cannot identify to give a concert he cannot remember scheduling, and finds himself involved in the lives of people who are strangers to him but seem to know him well.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Henry Day is seven years old, he is kidnapped by ageless beings called changelings, who leave another child in Henry's place, a boy who will be his duplicate. Haunted by memories, both boys are driven to search for the keys to whom they once were before they switched places.
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles, voice, and breath fade, both he and Karina try to reconcile their past before it's too late. This is a masterful exploration of redemption and what it means to find peace inside of forgiveness.--Amazon.com
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three students will experience some of the most joyous--and painful--moments of their lives. Though they don't know it yet, each will profoundly and unpredictably change the others, forever"--
9) La La Land
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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.
10) La la land
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
La La Land tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian, a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.
11) The page turner
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later, Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame Fouchecourt, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women prepare for the performance of a lifetime.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation, and made an indelible mark on the jazz world. And yet, his story has never been told. Until now. Atticus Brady's new film uses an astonishing array of archival materials interwoven with interviews with friends, family, and fellow musicians, and features commentary from Woody Allen; Ahmad Jamal; Tonight...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this searching and funny memoir, based off his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music's nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the critically acclaimed Olaf Olafsson, an intimate yet sweeping story of a New York neurologist and the three women who change his life An overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elusive dancer whose untimely death her fiancé is desperate to untangle. A mysterious patient who is comatose after a violent accident. These are the three women who animate Olaf Olafsson's brilliantly rendered One...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Enjoy this re-release of Girl on a Diamond Pedestal by USA TODAY Bestselling author Maisey Yates. Never been kissed ... Noelle was once the girl who had everything. Until the piano prodigy fell from grace. Destitute and desperate, she's forced to accept billionaire Ethan Grey's convenient proposal. Ethan wants revenge -- all he needs is Noelle's signature on the marriage certificate. Yet his carefully composed facade cracks in the face of her innocent...
18) Shine
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Presents the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. He experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
19) Green book
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
During the nineteen sixties, a bouncer, whose nightclub closes for renovations, finds a temporary employment as a driver for black pianist Don Shirley going on a tour into the Deep South states.
20) Lost Melody
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The beautiful piano sitting in the corner of Jill King's apartment begs to be played. For over a year, it has sat untouched, ever since a terrible accident shattered Jill's ambition of becoming a concert pianist. The ragged scar on her left hand is a cruel and constant reminder of the death of her dream. But another dream is about to come to life-an unexpected, horrifying dream that will present Jill with a responsibility she never wanted. And choices...
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