Sleeping With Schubert
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Author |
: Bonnie Marson |
Publisher |
: Ballantine Books |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307416674 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307416674 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sleeping with Schubert by : Bonnie Marson
It seems that the legendary composer Franz Schubert is alive—well, sort of—in the twenty-first century: His soul has taken up residence in the body of Brooklyn lawyer Liza Durbin. Even more astonishing, so has his prodigious gift. A mediocre pianist at best as a child, Liza can suddenly pound out concertos and compose masterly music out of the blue. But how can a brilliant male Austrian composer from the nineteenth century coexist in the everyday life of a modern American woman? And how can Liza explain what’s happened to her without everyone thinking she’s gone off the deep end? Fortunately, the evidence is tangible, and Liza is soon brought into the esteemed halls of Juilliard under the tutelage of the revered—and feared—Greta Pretsky, a humorless woman whose only interest in Liza is her channeling of Schubert. Greta’s greedy for her next big star, and the entire New York City press is whispering of Liza’s brilliance as the public awaits her debut at Carnegie Hall. Even Liza’s boyfriend, Patrick, seems more in love with her than ever. Yet as Liza yields to Franz’s great passion, her own life and identity threaten to elude her. Why was she chosen as the vessel for this musical genius—and when, if ever, will he leave? Their entwined souls follow a path of ecstasy, peril, and surprise as they search for the final, liberating truth. A strikingly original novel, Sleeping with Schubert plays on years of speculation regarding Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony.” Bonnie Marson’s extraordinary imagination supposes that Schubert cannot truly die until the mystery is solved—even if it means being resurrected in the body of a deceptively ordinary woman. Filled with drama and humor, this irresistible novel explores love, genius, and identity in ways that will engage and amaze readers.
Author |
: Ingrid Schubert |
Publisher |
: Boyds Mills Press |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1932425489 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781932425482 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis There's a Crocodile Under My Bed! by : Ingrid Schubert
The crocodile under Peggy's bed ends up being her playmate.
Author |
: Frank D. Schubert |
Publisher |
: University Press of America |
Total Pages |
: 393 |
Release |
: 2012-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780761858980 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0761858989 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Modest Certainty by : Frank D. Schubert
The central problem of philosophy is the problem of certainty. What does it mean to be sure? Are there ideas beyond the possibility of error or refutation? What does it mean for a notion to be incorrigible? In this book, Frank D. Schubert squarely addresses the question of whether there is a single standard of certainty that can be applied to such disparate areas as logic, mathematics, politics, religion, familial/tribal commitments, and science. Schubert proposes a common standard for assessing certainty — the certainty of knowing one’s own personal proper name — as a standard that can establish common ground within each widely disparate area. The result is a new “philosophy in a grand manner” and a powerful ethical proposal for our time.
Author |
: David Pastor |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 2924217245 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9782924217245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sleep Softly by : David Pastor
A selection of beloved melodies from some of the world's more revered composers that will lull babies into a sweet, blissful sleep. Illustrations and explanatory notes included as printable PDF file on CD.
Author |
: Leda Schubert |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2011-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781596435155 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1596435151 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Princess of Borscht by : Leda Schubert
Ruthie's grandmother, who is in the hospital with pneumonia, says she needs homemade borscht by 5:00 and young Ruthie, with the help of her neighbors, tries to make some even without the secret recipe.
Author |
: Michéle Halberstadt |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 112 |
Release |
: 2012-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781605987644 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1605987646 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Pianist in the Dark by : Michéle Halberstadt
A stirring novel of love and music inspired by the life of pianist Maria-Theresa von Paradis, a blind virtuoso and contemporary of Mozart. Maria-Theresa von Paradis, the only daughter of the secretary of the empress of Austria, was an exceptionally gifted child. By the age of seventeen, she was a full-fledged virtuoso, playing for the royal family, acclaimed for her beauty and talent . . . and because she was blind. Her father, unable to accept her condition despite her soaring musical gifts, enlists the help of Franz Anton Mesmer, the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism, where Maria-Theresa discovers the passions and emotions from which her blindness had previously protected her. In the tradition of Sleeping with Schubert and The Cellist of Sarajevo, the novel is moving portrait of courage, loss, the elation of first love—and the pain of lost innocence.
Author |
: Shelley Moore Thomas |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 24 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0395712831 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780395712832 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Putting the World to Sleep by : Shelley Moore Thomas
A soothing lullaby poem introduces gentle images, such as a big dog drowsing by the fire, a mother humming, and a baby yawning, as it helps tired youngsters fall asleep.
Author |
: Jan Schubert |
Publisher |
: SteinerBooks |
Total Pages |
: 35 |
Release |
: 2007-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781621511502 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1621511502 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sun Seed by : Jan Schubert
"Early one spring morning, a little seed woke up after her long winter sleep. She yawned and stretched. With a loud CRACK her hard brown jacket fell away. 'Oh!' said the surprised seed. The earth above felt warm." ... this was just the beginning of big changes to come. The colorful illustrations in this book are made by the author from dyed wool fibers, felted together to create a solid piece of "fabric." She employed a technique known as "dry," or "needle," felting, which requires a small hand tool called a felting needle with barbs along the shaft to catch the fibers as it pierces the surface of the wool and binds them together. Jan describes the experience as "painting with a needle." (Ages 3-5).
Author |
: Christopher H. Gibbs |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2000-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521595126 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521595124 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Schubert by : Christopher H. Gibbs
This searching biography takes a fresh look at this elusive and misunderstood genius.
Author |
: Ian Bostridge |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2015-01-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307961648 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307961648 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Schubert's Winter Journey by : Ian Bostridge
An exploration of the world’s most famous and challenging song cycle, Schubert's Winter Journey (Winterreise), by a leading interpreter of the work, who teases out the themes—literary, historical, psychological—that weave through the twenty-four songs that make up this legendary masterpiece. Completed in the last months of the young Schubert’s life, Winterreise has come to be considered the single greatest piece of music in the history of Lieder. Deceptively laconic—these twenty-four short poems set to music for voice and piano are performed uninterrupted in little more than an hour—it nonetheless has an emotional depth and power that no music of its kind has ever equaled. A young man, rejected by his beloved, leaves the house where he has been living and walks out into snow and darkness. As he wanders away from the village and into the empty countryside, he experiences a cascade of emotions—loss, grief, anger, and acute loneliness, shot through with only fleeting moments of hope—until the landscape he inhabits becomes one of alienation and despair. Originally intended to be sung to an intimate gathering, performances of Winterreise now pack the greatest concert halls around the world. Drawing equally on his vast experience performing this work (he has sung it more than one hundred times), on his musical knowledge, and on his training as a scholar, Bostridge teases out the enigmas and subtle meanings of each of the twenty-four lyrics to explore for us the world Schubert inhabited, his biography and psychological makeup, the historical and political pressures within which he became one of the world’s greatest composers, and the continuing resonances and affinities that our ears still detect today, making Schubert’s wanderer our mirror.