false 10233257 640069 24998 0802142532 9780802142535 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167571265m/24998.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167571265s/24998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24998.Mozart_in_the_Jungle_Sex_Drugs_and_Classical_Music 3.48 61 Mozart in the Jungle, Tindall describes her graduation from the North Carolina School of the Arts to the backbiting New York classical music scene, a world where Tindall and her fellow classical musicians often play drunk, high, or hopelessly hung-over, live in decrepit apartments, and perform in hazardous conditions. (In the cramped confines of a Broadway pit, the decibel level of one instrument is equal to the sound of a chain saw.)

Mozart in the Jungle offers a stark contrast between the rarefied experiences of overpaid classical musician superstars and those of the working-class musicians. For lovers of classical music, Mozart in the Jungle is the first true, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on backstage and in the Broadway pit.
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