Author: Frank Tallis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681777053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Vienna, 1904. The body of a man—still sitting in a chair—is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned conspicuously in a straight line. Who were the former occupants? Had they sat in judgement and pronounced a sentence of death? Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his good friend, Doctor Max Liebermann—psychiatrist and disciple of Sigmund Freud—to assist in an investigation that draws them both into the shadowy and sexually unconventional world of fringe political activism.
Mephisto Waltz
Author: Frank Tallis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681777053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Vienna, 1904. The body of a man—still sitting in a chair—is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned conspicuously in a straight line. Who were the former occupants? Had they sat in judgement and pronounced a sentence of death? Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his good friend, Doctor Max Liebermann—psychiatrist and disciple of Sigmund Freud—to assist in an investigation that draws them both into the shadowy and sexually unconventional world of fringe political activism.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681777053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Vienna, 1904. The body of a man—still sitting in a chair—is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned conspicuously in a straight line. Who were the former occupants? Had they sat in judgement and pronounced a sentence of death? Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his good friend, Doctor Max Liebermann—psychiatrist and disciple of Sigmund Freud—to assist in an investigation that draws them both into the shadowy and sexually unconventional world of fringe political activism.
The Mephisto Waltz
Author: Fred Mustard Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780552086547
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780552086547
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Mephisto's Waltz
Author: Sergio Pitol
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1941920810
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"One of Mexico's most culturally complex and composite writers." —Publishers Weekly From the renowned Mexican literary master and author of the Trilogy of Memory (Deep Vellum) comes Mephisto's Waltz, bringing together the best short stories from celebrated writer Sergio Pitol's oeuvre. The Xavier Villaurrutia award-winning collection includes the titular story, Pitol's personal favorite. Selected by the author, each story is a glimpse into the works that first gained Pitol his status as one of the greatest living Mexican writers and showcases the evolution of his unique literary style. Sergio Pitol (1933-2018) was one of Mexico's foremost writers and winner of the prestigious 2005 Cervantes Prize. He is the author of the three books in the Trilogy of Memory series: The Art of Flight, The Journey, and The Magician of Vienna, published in English by Deep Vellum. He is renowned for his intellectual career in both the fields of literary creation and translation.
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1941920810
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"One of Mexico's most culturally complex and composite writers." —Publishers Weekly From the renowned Mexican literary master and author of the Trilogy of Memory (Deep Vellum) comes Mephisto's Waltz, bringing together the best short stories from celebrated writer Sergio Pitol's oeuvre. The Xavier Villaurrutia award-winning collection includes the titular story, Pitol's personal favorite. Selected by the author, each story is a glimpse into the works that first gained Pitol his status as one of the greatest living Mexican writers and showcases the evolution of his unique literary style. Sergio Pitol (1933-2018) was one of Mexico's foremost writers and winner of the prestigious 2005 Cervantes Prize. He is the author of the three books in the Trilogy of Memory series: The Art of Flight, The Journey, and The Magician of Vienna, published in English by Deep Vellum. He is renowned for his intellectual career in both the fields of literary creation and translation.
The Music of Liszt
Author: Humphrey Searle
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486786404
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's oeuvre, this survey by a noted musicologist examines the works in chronological order. Subjects include romantic pieces, symphonic poems, songs, symphonies, and other compositions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486786404
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's oeuvre, this survey by a noted musicologist examines the works in chronological order. Subjects include romantic pieces, symphonic poems, songs, symphonies, and other compositions.
Death and the Maiden
Author: Frank Tallis
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679644865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Frank Tallis, acclaimed author of the Edgar Award–nominated Vienna Secrets, returns with a new and masterfully woven tale full of deceit, love, and rich mystery. Set in fin de siècle Vienna, it’s perfect for fans of Boris Akunin, Alan Furst, and David Liss. Ida Rosenkranz is top diva at the Vienna Opera, but she’s gone silent for good after an apparent laudanum overdose. Learning of her professional rivalries and her scandalous affairs with older men, Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Max Liebermann suspect foul play instead. Their investigation leads them into dark and dangerous conflicts with Gustav Mahler, the opera’s imperious director, who is himself the target of a poison pen campaign, and Karl Lueger, Vienna’s powerful and anti-Semitic mayor. As the peril escalates, Rheinhardt grows further into his role as family man, while Liebermann finds himself at odds with his inamorata, Amelia, who’s loosening both her corset and her tongue in the new feminist movement. PRAISE FOR FRANK TALLIS’S VIENNA THRILLERS “[A] captivating historical series.”—The New York Times Book Review “[A] riveting read . . . with well researched and wonderfully imagined period detail.”—The Guardian (U.K.), on Vienna Twilight “Chock-full of tantalizing elements.”—The Austin Chronicle, on Vienna Secrets “Engrossing . . . immensely satisfying.”—The Boston Globe, on Fatal Lies
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679644865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Frank Tallis, acclaimed author of the Edgar Award–nominated Vienna Secrets, returns with a new and masterfully woven tale full of deceit, love, and rich mystery. Set in fin de siècle Vienna, it’s perfect for fans of Boris Akunin, Alan Furst, and David Liss. Ida Rosenkranz is top diva at the Vienna Opera, but she’s gone silent for good after an apparent laudanum overdose. Learning of her professional rivalries and her scandalous affairs with older men, Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Max Liebermann suspect foul play instead. Their investigation leads them into dark and dangerous conflicts with Gustav Mahler, the opera’s imperious director, who is himself the target of a poison pen campaign, and Karl Lueger, Vienna’s powerful and anti-Semitic mayor. As the peril escalates, Rheinhardt grows further into his role as family man, while Liebermann finds himself at odds with his inamorata, Amelia, who’s loosening both her corset and her tongue in the new feminist movement. PRAISE FOR FRANK TALLIS’S VIENNA THRILLERS “[A] captivating historical series.”—The New York Times Book Review “[A] riveting read . . . with well researched and wonderfully imagined period detail.”—The Guardian (U.K.), on Vienna Twilight “Chock-full of tantalizing elements.”—The Austin Chronicle, on Vienna Secrets “Engrossing . . . immensely satisfying.”—The Boston Globe, on Fatal Lies
Liszt Masterpieces for Solo Piano
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486312720
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Masterworks of the 19th-century composer include Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, La Campanella (Paganini Etude No. 3), and 9 others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486312720
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Masterworks of the 19th-century composer include Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, La Campanella (Paganini Etude No. 3), and 9 others.
Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
Author: Jeremy Denk
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1761261886
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A uniquely illuminating memoir of the making of a musician, in which renowned pianist Jeremy Denk explores what he learned from his teachers about classical music: its forms, its power, its meaning - and what it can teach us about ourselves. In this searching and funny memoir, based on his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music’s nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and triumphs, to find his way as one of the world’s greatest living pianists, a MacArthur 'Genius,' and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. There are few writers working today who are willing to eloquently explore both the joys and miseries of artistic practice. Hours of daily repetition, mystifying early advice, pressure from parents and teachers who drove him on – an ongoing battle of talent against two enemies: boredom and insecurity. As we meet various teachers, with cruel and kind streaks, Denk composes a fraught love letter to the act of teaching. He brings you behind the scenes, to look at what motivates both student and teacher, locked in a complicated and psychologically perilous relationship. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores how classical music is relevant to 'real life,' despite its distance in time. He dives into pieces and composers that have shaped him – Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, among others – and gives unusual lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. Why and how do these fundamental elements have such a visceral effect on us? He tries to sum up many of the lessons he has received, to repay the debt of all his amazing teachers; to remind us that music is our creation, and that we need to keep asking questions about its purpose.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1761261886
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A uniquely illuminating memoir of the making of a musician, in which renowned pianist Jeremy Denk explores what he learned from his teachers about classical music: its forms, its power, its meaning - and what it can teach us about ourselves. In this searching and funny memoir, based on his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music’s nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and triumphs, to find his way as one of the world’s greatest living pianists, a MacArthur 'Genius,' and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. There are few writers working today who are willing to eloquently explore both the joys and miseries of artistic practice. Hours of daily repetition, mystifying early advice, pressure from parents and teachers who drove him on – an ongoing battle of talent against two enemies: boredom and insecurity. As we meet various teachers, with cruel and kind streaks, Denk composes a fraught love letter to the act of teaching. He brings you behind the scenes, to look at what motivates both student and teacher, locked in a complicated and psychologically perilous relationship. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores how classical music is relevant to 'real life,' despite its distance in time. He dives into pieces and composers that have shaped him – Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, among others – and gives unusual lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. Why and how do these fundamental elements have such a visceral effect on us? He tries to sum up many of the lessons he has received, to repay the debt of all his amazing teachers; to remind us that music is our creation, and that we need to keep asking questions about its purpose.
The Forbidden
Author: F. R. Tallis
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447204980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In an attempt to glimpse Heaven in a near-death experience, a Parisienne doctor in 1873 experiments on himself with resuscitation through electricity only to return to life accompanied by a powerful, unspeakably evil presence.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447204980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In an attempt to glimpse Heaven in a near-death experience, a Parisienne doctor in 1873 experiments on himself with resuscitation through electricity only to return to life accompanied by a powerful, unspeakably evil presence.
DVD Delirium
Author: Nathaniel Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781903254042
Category : DVD-Video discs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive, region free, guide to over 1000 DVD video releases from all over the globe, featuring the movies that matter, on the format that matters. Covering all-time classics, contemporary audience favourites and cult oddities, DVD Delirium celebrates the diversity of movie making, while focusing on the special movies that continue to fascinate and beguile fans. Incudes action, adult animation, comedy, drama, fantasy, film/noir, martial arts, suspense, sci-fi and westerns with plot summary and reviews plus a guide to internet sites.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781903254042
Category : DVD-Video discs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive, region free, guide to over 1000 DVD video releases from all over the globe, featuring the movies that matter, on the format that matters. Covering all-time classics, contemporary audience favourites and cult oddities, DVD Delirium celebrates the diversity of movie making, while focusing on the special movies that continue to fascinate and beguile fans. Incudes action, adult animation, comedy, drama, fantasy, film/noir, martial arts, suspense, sci-fi and westerns with plot summary and reviews plus a guide to internet sites.
The 20 Most Famous Pieces by Liszt
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 318
Book Description
20 Franz Liszt Masterpieces For Solo Piano. The scores are clearly printed on a light cream-colored thick paper to reduce eye strain. Contents : 1. La Campanella, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 3, S.141 2. Thèmes et Variations, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 6, S.141 3. Un Sospiro, «Trois études de concert », No. 3, S.144 4. Waldesrauschen, «2 Konzertetüden », No. 1, S.145 5. Tarantella, « Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément », No. 3, S.162 6. Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, « Années de Pèlerinage III », No. 4, S.163 7. Lento Placido, « Consolations », No. 3, S.172 8. Funérailles, « Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses », No. 7, S.173 9. Piano Sonata in B minor, No. 7, S.178 10. Nuages Gris (Trübe Wolken), S.199 11. Valse oubliée No. 1, « Valses oubliées », S.215 12. Grand Galop Chromatique, S.219 13. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 14. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 15. Solovei ; The Nightingale (Le Rossignol), S.250 16. El Contrabandista (Rondeau fantastique sur un thème Espagnol), S.252 17. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514 18. Totentanz, S.525 / S.126 19. Liebesträume (Liebestraum) No. 3, S.541 / S.126 20. Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang), « 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert », S.558
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 318
Book Description
20 Franz Liszt Masterpieces For Solo Piano. The scores are clearly printed on a light cream-colored thick paper to reduce eye strain. Contents : 1. La Campanella, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 3, S.141 2. Thèmes et Variations, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 6, S.141 3. Un Sospiro, «Trois études de concert », No. 3, S.144 4. Waldesrauschen, «2 Konzertetüden », No. 1, S.145 5. Tarantella, « Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément », No. 3, S.162 6. Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, « Années de Pèlerinage III », No. 4, S.163 7. Lento Placido, « Consolations », No. 3, S.172 8. Funérailles, « Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses », No. 7, S.173 9. Piano Sonata in B minor, No. 7, S.178 10. Nuages Gris (Trübe Wolken), S.199 11. Valse oubliée No. 1, « Valses oubliées », S.215 12. Grand Galop Chromatique, S.219 13. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 14. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 15. Solovei ; The Nightingale (Le Rossignol), S.250 16. El Contrabandista (Rondeau fantastique sur un thème Espagnol), S.252 17. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514 18. Totentanz, S.525 / S.126 19. Liebesträume (Liebestraum) No. 3, S.541 / S.126 20. Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang), « 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert », S.558