Crescendo: the story of a musical genius who forever changed a Southern town

✍ Scribed by Allen, Fred;Cantrell, Julie;Cheney, Allen

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; W Publishing Group
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 658 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Nashville, Tennessee
• ISBN: 0785217401

✦ Synopsis

A hidden story of human triumph, Crescendo takes you on the rare journey of a musical prodigy who changed an entire community forever.

More than eighty years ago, a musical prodigy with a brilliant mind was born into a poor, uneducated, and abusive family in rural South Georgia. At three years of age, Fred Allen could play Mozart sonatas on the piano without missing a note. But in spite of his obvious talent, Fred's parents discouraged him from expressing his creativity and intelligence, even going so far as locking him away from the old piano in their home. Forced to fend for himself through his adolescent years, Fred knew that if he was ever to make something of himself, he would need to find a way to rise above his broken background. With incredible effort, and a few miracles along the way, Fred managed to do just that, eventually earning acceptance into The Julliard School in New York City. While simultaneously attending Juilliard, Union Theological...

✦ Subjects

Music teachers -- Fiction