The idea behind this new book, appropriately entitled, Play It Again, reminds me of the premise of Guitar Zero, by neurologist Gary Marcus, in that a professional non-musician, in this case a newspaper editor, declares a musical goal and documents the journey. It made #4 on O Magazine's "The WOW List: a rousing roundup of awe-inspiring innovations, people and phenomena..."
"British newspaper editor Alan Rusbridger learned - "over 16 months of snatched private moments" - Chopin's nearly ten-minute-long Ballade No. 1 in G minor, one of the most difficult piano pieces ever written. Read about Rusbridger's obsession in his inspiring, diary-like new book, Play It Again."
Excerpt #4 in "The WOW List." O Magazine, August 2013: Page 91.
Marcus, Gary F. Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning. New York: The Penguin Press, 2012.
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