A Joyful Noise: Claiming the Songs of My Fathers

"This is a lovely memoir of life in the acutely functional family of a fine and learned composer." —John Hollander

In A Joyful Noise, Deborah Weisgall tells a moving story of her turbulent coming-of-age in the shadow of two remarkable men who lived life as if they were characters in an opera. The daughter of a mercurial composer and the granddaughter of a legendary cantor, Deborah as a child longed to be entrusted with their precious music and carry it on herself. But it was impossible;...