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Mozart in the Jungle
- Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Mozart in the Jungle
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Publisher's Summary
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential and Gelsey Kirkland's Dancing on My Grave, Mozart in the Jungle delves into the lives of the musicians and conductors who inhabit the insular world of classical music.
In a book that inspired the Amazon original series starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Malcolm McDowell, oboist Blair Tindall recounts her decades-long professional career as a classical musician, from the recitals and Broadway orchestra performances to the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth in the backbiting New York classical music scene, trading sexual favors for plum jobs and assignments in orchestras across the city. Tindall and her fellow journeymen musicians often play drunk, high, or hopelessly hungover, live in decrepit apartments, and perform in hazardous conditions. These are working-class musicians who schlep across the city between low-paying gigs, without health-care benefits or retirement plans - a stark contrast to the rarefied experiences of overpaid classical musician superstars.
An incisive, no-holds-barred account, Mozart in the Jungle is the first true, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on backstage and in the Broadway pit.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- sabina
- 01-12-2023
dissappointing
the book has too many details which makes listening to it tiresome and difficult to follow any underlying storyline.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- angie
- 10-06-2017
Amazing story, great insights, slow in parts
Fascinating insight into the life of contemporary American classical musicians. Intertwines her personal story with a journalists perspective on the culture as a whole; it did lag in places, but had a great ending and I believe this is a great cautionary tale overall for anyone considering a career in this field!
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