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10/11/2007

Petroc Trelawny explores four new books about music, and is joined in the studio by critic Hilary Finch, violinist Paul Robertson and musicologist Tess Knighton.

The spotlight falls on four new books about music, including a major biography of Robert Schumann, and Oliver Sacks's hot-off-the-press Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.

Petroc Trelawny talks to the authors and is joined by critic Hilary Finch, violinist Paul Robertson and musicologist Tess Knighton.

45 minutes

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Sat 10 Nov 2007 12:15

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