Anne Midgette, Part 2: Former Music Critic and Reviewer for the

Anne Midgette, Part 2: Former Music Critic and Reviewer for the Washington Post & New York Times

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Part 2 of our discussion deals with the books "The King and I", and "My Nine Lives". We talk about what it was like to work with Herbert Breslin and Leon Fleisher, both towering but very different figures in the music business. This leads to a short discussion about interpretation, and we end with Anne talking about her current project, a book of historical fiction about the person who built pianos for Beethoven, Nanette Streicher.

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