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Musical Madhouse
An English Translation of Berlioz's Les Grotesques de la musique
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
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This is the first complete translation into English of Berlioz's second collection of musical articles, originally published in 1859. The work is a uniquely Berliozian combination of light-hearted journalism and serious musical comment and analysis.Hector Berlioz's Les Grotesques de la musique is the only one of his books that has never been translated into English in its entirety. It is by far the funniest of all his works, and consists of a number of short anecdotes, witticisms, open letters, and comments on the absurdities of concert life. Alastair Bruce's fluid translation brings to life this important composer and bon vivant. He does a wonderful job of conveying all the puns, jokes, and invective of Berlioz's prose as well as the nuances of his stories. He even imitates a Tahitian accent in the translation, as Berlioz does in the original. The notes will give the reader insight into the innuendos and in-jokes that fill the pages. This translation will take its place among other translations of Berlioz's prose writings, bringing to the reader more lively examples of a still misunderstood composer caught up in the musical life of mid-nineteenth century Paris.Alastair Bruce is a London-based management consultant and former treasurer of the Berlioz Society. Hugh Macdonald is General Editor of New Berlioz Edition.
E-bok
Engelska, 2015100 kr
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''He is a man who lied, who told a story, a wild, fanciful story, about the death of a child, a hard and unyielding story. It is that, he finds, that he hates most. The story that was told.''In 1983 Paul Hyde, aged ten, dies falling from a ledge in the mountains of the Karoo. His older brother Peter, who falls at the same time, survives but loses all memory of the event. The youngest brother, John, is the only witness.Many years later, John is living in London. He and his wife Rachel, who knows nothing of the tragedy of his past and nothing of his family, make plans to have children of their own. Their life together is disrupted when Peter arrives in London and claims his memory is returning. Pulled back in spite of himself, John returns to South Africa and the home he grew up in. His return makes him question his recollection of the tragedy. Can we ever be certain of events that happened that far in the past, certain we have not completely changed their meaning and our part in them?
E-bok
Engelska, 2011131 kr
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In a world all but drowned, a man called Bran has been living alone on an island for ten years. He was sent there in exile by those whose leader he was, and he tallies on the wall of his cave the days as they pass. Until the day when something happens that kindles in Bran such memories and longing that he persuades himself to return, even if it means execution. His reception is so unexpected, so mystifying that he casts about unsure of what is real and what imaginary. Only the friendship of a child anchors him as he retraces the terrible deeds for which he is answerable, and as he tries to reach back, over his biggest betrayal, to the one he loved. Wall of Days is a profoundly moving novel about guilt, loss and remembering.
E-bok
Spanska, 2021124 kr
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En un mundo sumergido casi por completo por el mar, un hombre llamado Bran lleva los últimos diez años viviendo en una isla desierta. Fue enviado allí por aquellos a los que antaño lideraba y marca cada día que pasa en la pared de su cueva, esperando el final. Un día, ocurre algo que despierta en Bran unos recuerdos y una nostalgia que lo convencen de que regrese, aunque eso conlleve su ejecución.Su recepción es tan inesperada, tan difícil de explicar, que se desespera tratando de averiguar qué es real y qué imaginario. Solo la amistad de una niña le servirá de apoyo mientras rememora los terribles hechos de los que es responsable e intenta volver, después de su gran traición, a los brazos de quien amó.Marcas en la pared es una novela profundamente conmovedora sobre la culpa, la pérdida y la memoria narrada con una prosa desapasionada de gran elegancia.