{"product_id":"music-lessons-stephen-johnson-9781912559879","title":"Music Lessons: Seven Composers and What They Taught Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow Shostakovich Changed My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new book about the cathartic power of music.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor critic and composer Stephen Johnson, there have been moments when music has confronted him with life-changing insights. Some of these have been hard to accept, but once accepted they have opened up new possibilities of thinking, feeling and living. Through an exploration of seven pieces -- by Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lili Boulanger, Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius and Ludwig van Beethoven -- Johnson considers the lives and the intentions of the composers who created them, and how they have affected him personally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912559870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912559879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Stephen Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460248285439,"sku":"9781912559879","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be24decc-9b3c-4999-aa0a-e3f07b1953c7.jpg?v=1777413511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-lessons-stephen-johnson-9781912559879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}