How Can We Keep From Singing by Joan Oliver Goldsmith

HOW CAN WE KEEP FROM SINGING:
Music and the
Passionate Life

    by Joan Oliver
   Goldsmith
    Pub. by W.W. Norton
    also available through
    Penguin Canada
    Publicity: Elizabeth Garriga
    (212) 790-4295
    egarriga@wwnorton.com

News & Reviews

Now in Paperback!

Coming to a book store near you - How Can We Keep From Singing: Music and the Passionate Life will arrive in paperback glory in fall 2002 just in time for holiday gift giving.

There's a new cover, too. If you don't see the book, your bookstore will be happy to order it for you.

"More than 20 million Americans sing in choirs, choral societies, or barbershop quartets. Heaven knows how many more sing in the shower, behind the wheels of our cars, or when we happen to find ourselves alone, in need of uplift or a calming voice.

Voice, the “invisible instrument,” reminds us that we are vibrating, breathing beings, the author writes. This is more than a book about the joy of music-making. It is a book about those who lead the music and those who follow, full of shrewd observations on creativity, friendship, and love. A book, in other words, about life."

Bill Marvel, AmericanWay Magazine, the inflight magazine of American Airlines 11/01/01.

"Goldsmith's is a voice from the chorus, not a superstar hogging the spotlight."

RedLudwig.com, The Daily Newspaper of Classical Music Grace Notes by Joe McLellen, classical music critic emeritus of The Washington Post. (read the full text of the review) 08/31/0.

Goldsmith’s “words soar, growl, cry and whisper. And they inspire. . . ”

Publishers Weekly starred review (read the full text of the review)

Goldsmith’s “personal story, however, is only a framework for the substance of the book, which celebrates creativity, camaraderie, and the courage to participate. . . “

Library Journal (read the full text of the review)

“Goldsmith . . . offers a paean to the creative spirit” (and to) “those who are not professionals, but simply in love: ‘The passionate, committed, talented, frequently unpaid or underpaid workers who make possible the great things in life.’ “

Kirkus Reviews (read the full text of the review)