[TPIN] Book recommendation - Touvron on Andre

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Ian

I'd love to read about Andre!

However, are you sure about that ISBN#
I searched eBay and Amazon to no avail



TTFN
Sean




by the way... is the book written in French?  is there an English version?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian McKechnie" <mckechnie at enterprise.net>
To: "tpin" <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: [TPIN] Book recommendation - Touvron on Andre


> Please forgive me if I have missed this on TPIN, but I have just 
> discovered, quite by accident, that in 2003 Guy Touvron wrote a 
> biography of Maurice Andre (Publisher - Editions du Rocher ISBN 2 
> 268 04785 7)
> 
> Title - Maurice Andre - Une Trompette pour la Renommee
> 
> I got my copy on Amazon.fr and have just finished reading it.  it has 
> its stengths and weaknesses, and, for any of you who 
> a) don't speak French or 
> b) don't want to read it
> I would be happy to put a quick resume and critique on TPIN.  I don't 
> want to waste time on it if  no-one is interested, so please let me 
> know.
> 
> As far as I am aware this is the only biography so far on the master, 
> in which case I am astonished it has never been mentioned in either 
> the ITG journal or on TPIN (but I could be wrong - though as an 
> Andre obsessive, I would have expected to pick it up!)
> 
> On quick taster, and the last word on the (fairly recent) thread on 
> TPIN re hard work v talent - a quote from M Andre himself :
> 
> "Ma reussite, je la dois a soixante pour cent de don et quarante pour 
> cent de travail.  Meme en bossant comme un fou et bien comme il 
> faut, cela ne sert a rien si l'on n'a pas le don." (My success I owe to 
> 60% gift and 40% work.  Even the hardest and best-structured effort 
> is pointless if you don't have the gift.)
> 
> There are a few other little gems in there.  Not to mention a very 
> large (though flawed) discography which makes fascinating reading 
> in itself.
> 
> Ian McKechnie
> mckechnie at enterprise.net
> 
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