Evening in the palace of reason: bach meets frederick the great in the age of enlightenment
Auteur :
Gaines, James
Éditeur :
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN :
9780007153930
Date de publication :
17 oct. 2005
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,9 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
260 g
Format :
Unsewn / adhesive bound; B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In one corner, a godless young warrior, Voltaire’s heralded ‘philosopher-king’, the It Boy of the Enlightenment. In the other, a devout if bad-tempered old composer of ‘outdated’ music, a scorned genius in his last years. The sparks from their brief conflict illuminate a turbulent age.