Evening in the Palace of Reason Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment

Name: Evening in the Palace of Reason Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment
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ISBN: 9780007156610

ISBN-10: 0007156618

ISBN-13: 9780007156610

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Authors: James R. Gaines

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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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List price: $16.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

James R. Gaines has been the editor of several magazines, including Time and People, and is also the author of Evening in the Palace of Reason. He lives with his family in Paris.




Theme for a Pas De Deux



Biography of a Temperament



The Hohenzollern Real Estate Company



A Small, Unready Alchemist



Giants, Spies, and the Lash: Life with "Fatty"



The Sharp Edges of Genius



Witness to an Execution



Song of the Endlessly Orbiting Spheres



A Changeling Among the Swans



The Artist in a Paint-by-Numbers World



War and Peace and a Mechanical Duck



The Night of a Musical Offering



Afterlives: An Epilogue


Notes on Sources


A Selected Bibliography


A Very Selective Discography


A Glossary of Musical Terms


Acknowledgments


Index