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A review by michael6706
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons by Jeremy Denk
4.0
A deeply personal memoir and insightful meditation on classical music. Anyone interested in classical music -- especially aspiring pianists who think they could make a career in this elite field -- should read it. His comments on specific pieces are often excellent.
For all its insight, though, to me there was a distinct bitterness that crept into the text midway through the book which undercut much of my appreciation of his writing. This bitterness was not adequately explained by the events narrated, and I suspect come from personal events Mr Denk chose not to relate. (Why else all the scorn for the "midwest" -- meaning Indiana and Illinois -- after studying at Oberlin in far off Ohio?)
For all its insight, though, to me there was a distinct bitterness that crept into the text midway through the book which undercut much of my appreciation of his writing. This bitterness was not adequately explained by the events narrated, and I suspect come from personal events Mr Denk chose not to relate. (Why else all the scorn for the "midwest" -- meaning Indiana and Illinois -- after studying at Oberlin in far off Ohio?)
"Remember," Sebók said, "the music is not the notes. It is between the notes." Yes, yes, yes, I thought. A lesson for life, and also, by the way, one more time for the record, and with all my heart: Screw you, Walter. (p. 258)