Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment Paperback - 2006
by James R. Gaines
A vivid history of the clash between belief and reason is played out in the climactic meeting of a composer and a king: Bach and Frederick the Great. Line art throughout.
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FREDERICK THE GREAT HAD ALWAYS LOVED TO PLAY the flute, which was one of the qualities in him that his father most despised.
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Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now know as Germany, and along with it a template for modern warfare. Their fleeting encounter in 1757 signals a unique moment in history where belief collided with the cold certainty of reason. Set at the tipping point between the ancient and modern world, Evening in the Palace of Reason captures the tumult of the eighteenth century, the legacy of the Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment in this extraordinary tale of two men.
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- Title Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment
- Author James R. Gaines
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2006-02-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Discography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780007156610 / 0007156618
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.08 x 5.36 x 0.9 in (20.52 x 13.61 x 2.29 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Library of Congress subjects Bach, Johann Sebastian, Frederick
- Dewey Decimal Code 780.92
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