{"product_id":"9781941049532","title":"Long Winded: An Oboist's Incredible Journey to the New York Philharmonic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"You have led a storied life and I am glad you are telling it now in print.\" \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBill Moyers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I have conducted the world’s greatest orchestras for almost sixty years and can say that oboist Joseph Robinson is one of the finest musicians I ever met. His natural musicality always inspired me, whether he was interpreting a Mozart Concerto, a Strauss tone poem, or one of the Brahms symphonies.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Zubin Mehta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eLONG WINDED \u003c\/strong\u003ereveals in the story of my own musical pilgrimage the three principal elements of Joseph Campbell's classic hero saga—withdrawal, initiation, and enlightened return. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book I acknowledge two powerful childhood sources of motivation—1) my older brother’s near-deafness, and 2) my first cousin’s imprisonment for seventeen years in an iron lung because of polio; and I describe the unbelievable instrumental training I received in a North Carolina public high school band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of my book deals with the two great quests of young adulthood—i.e., choosing a vocation and finding a mate. Along the way, I struggle to overcome racial, ethnic and economic biases as well as homophobia—all part of growing up in the Jim Crow South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI describe riding the wave of the so-called \"Culture Boom\" in America, as well as another \"force\" that impelled me named John Mack!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if Marcel Tabuteau was my \"Yoda,\" being an English major was my magic \"light saber.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONG WINDED's dramatic climax is reached when I audition for the coveted first oboe chair of the New York Philharmonic!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph L. Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joshua Tree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062312845552,"sku":"9781941049532","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941049532_p0.jpg?v=1763755606","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941049532","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}