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The Quartet
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Author : Joseph J. Ellis
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2015-05-12
The Quartet written by Joseph J. Ellis and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with History categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers tells the unexpected story of America’s second great founding and of the men most responsible—Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and James Madison. Ellis explains of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. These men, with the help of Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris, shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force the calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement, created the new republic. Ellis gives us a dramatic portrait of one of the most crucial and misconstrued periods in American history: the years between the end of the Revolution and the formation of the federal government. The Quartet unmasks a myth, and in its place presents an even more compelling truth—one that lies at the heart of understanding the creation of the United States of America.
The Quartet
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Author : William Osborn Stoddard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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Beethoven For A Later Age
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Author : Edward Dusinberre
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2016-01-19
Beethoven For A Later Age written by Edward Dusinberre and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-19 with Music categories.
'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartets. Tackling the Beethoven quartets is a rite of passage that has shaped the Takács Quartet's work together for over forty years. Using the history of the composition and first performances of the quartets as the backbone to his story, Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takács since 1993 - recounts the life of the Quartet from its inception in Hungary, through emigration to the US and its present-day life as one of the world's renowned string quartets. He also describes what it was like for him, as a young man fresh out of the Juilliard School, to join the Quartet as its first non-Hungarian member - an exhilarating challenge. Beethoven for a Later Age takes the reader inside the life of a quartet, vividly showing how four people enjoy making music together over a long period of time. The key, the author argues, is in balancing continuity with change and experimentation - a theme that also lies at the heart of Beethoven's remarkable compositions.
The Quartet
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Author : William Osborn Stoddard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
The Quartet written by William Osborn Stoddard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Boys categories.
Kappa Quartet
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Author : Daryl Qilin Yam
language : en
Publisher: Epigram Books
Release Date : 2016-12-24
Kappa Quartet written by Daryl Qilin Yam and has been published by Epigram Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-24 with Fiction categories.
Kevin is a young man without a soul, holidaying in Tokyo; Mr Five, the enigmatic kappa, is the man he so happens to meet. Little does Kevin know that kappas—the river demons of Japanese folklore—desire nothing more than the souls of other humans. Set between Singapore and Japan, Kappa Quartet is split into eight discrete sections, tracing the rippling effects of this chance encounter across a host of other characters, connected and bound to one another in ways both strange and serendipitous. Together they ask one another: what does it mean to be in possession of something nobody has seen before?
The Quartet
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Author : William Osborn Stoddard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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For The End Of Time
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Author : Rebecca Rischin
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2003
For The End Of Time written by Rebecca Rischin and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Music categories.
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was one of the great composers of the 20th century. The premiere of the French composer's Quartet for the End of Time on January 15, 1941 at -4 degrees Fahrenheit in Stalag VIIIA, a Nazi prison camp, has been called one of the great stories of 20th-century music. A devout Catholic with an interest in mysticism and the supernatural, Messiaen was also a poet and an accomplished amateur ornithologist. He mixed sounds as a painter mixes colours, associating specific shades with certain modes and chords. Quartet for the End of Time. Based on testimonies by the musicians and their families, witnesses to the premiere, former prisoners, and documents from Stalag VIIIA, the book examines the events that led to the Quartet's composition, the experiences of the musicians in the camp, the contradictory accounts, the composer's interpretive preferences, and the musicians' problems in execution and how they affected the premiere and subsequent performances. Rebecca Rischin explores the musicians' life in the prison camp, their relationships with each other and with the German camp officials, and their intriguing fortunes before and after the momentous premiere. correspondence with survivors of the Quartet's premiere and members of the Messiaen circle, including the cellist Etienne Pasquier and the violinist Jean Le Boulaire, relatives of the clarinetist Henri Akoka, and Messiaen's widow, Yvonne Loriod. The book is illustrated with photographs of the musicians, press releases from the premiere, autographs, letters, and pen-and-ink drawings of the camp's layout. Included are wartime photos of the camp and its prisoners along with present-day views of the camp site, which Rischin visited in 1995. Rebecca Rischin is Associate Professor of Music at Ohio University in Athens. Her research for this book was aided by a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship for study in Paris, awarded in 1993 to only two other American artists and musicians. Rischin is an award-winning clarinetist who performs regularly throughout the United States and Europe.
A Quintessential Quartet The Story Of The Lindsay String Quartet
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Author : Bernard Gregor-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Mirador Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-02
A Quintessential Quartet The Story Of The Lindsay String Quartet written by Bernard Gregor-Smith and has been published by Mirador Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bernard takes the reader on an evocative and fascinating journey from his early life, detailing his ancestral influences on his chosen career of cellist, until the present day. A charming book full of pathos and humour, which tells the true story of the forming of the world famous Lindsay String Quartet, their adventures, during 40 years of world travel and their achievement of the highest accolades making them one of the most revered quarters of the 20th century. Bernard continues, in his third section, to talk of his introduction to the Alpujarras in the Sierra Mountains of Southern Spain, the area he has chosen to live with his wife Theresa. This book is both engaging and humorous whilst also giving a uniquely personal perspective into the life of one of the world's greatest quartet cellists. A must read for any fan of chamber music and in particular of the famed 'Lindsay String Quartet'.
The Quartet Boxed Set
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Author : Antonia Susan Byatt
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Books
Release Date : 2003
The Quartet Boxed Set written by Antonia Susan Byatt and has been published by Vintage Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Great Britain categories.
This boxed set features four Frederica titles by A.S. Byatt, including The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower and A Whistling Woman.
The Lost String Quartet
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Author : N. M. Bodecker
language : en
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2016-01-09
The Lost String Quartet written by N. M. Bodecker and has been published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-09 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Traveling to the far side of the mountain for their big show, the members of a string quartet end up lost in this charming picture book by N. M. Bodecker. The Daffodil String Quartet has spent months preparing for their upcoming concert. Shining the instruments and practicing extra hard, they are certain this will be one of their best shows yet. But as they travel along the road in their small Italian car on the way to their concert on the far side of the mountain, one disastrous wrong turn leaves them lost in the mountains with no sense of direction. Will the Daffodil String Quartet make it to their concert, or will all of their hard work have been for nothing?