Death Angels and Love Songs (2nd Edition)
Death Angels and Love Songs (2nd Edition)

Author: Caleb Lail

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-01-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1329805119

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""There's something wrong with this place."" Several seemingly unrelated stories, all set in a western, modern, futuristic town in the middle of a frosty Summer, unfold about an unassuming poet, Judas Iscariot, who lost his parents as a child and drinks milk alone in his apartment above the town's saloon. One story is set in two frames of time as Judas is feverishly attempting to solve violent murders in a suddenly booming Clock Shop, another story involves a Wolf and a form of secret communication through a Wastebasket (all in the form of one, epic poem), and yet ANOTHER story takes place on a gallant pirate spaceship, crossing multiple dimensions of time and space. However, the one story that binds them all together is a mere love story that is stock full of dangers and impossibilities, all to meet a single end that will tie up a saga of heartache and unrealistic injuries, all taken by a slightly chunky and incredibly deadly poet.

Death's Angel
Death's Angel

Author: Heather Killough-Walden

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 110160736X

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Since the beginning of time, the archangels have longed to know true love. When four female angels were created for the four archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Azrael, a chaos spurred by jealousy erupted, and the archesses were secreted away to Earth. The four favored archangels followed, prompting a search that has lasted millennia... As the Angel of Death, Azrael could never be like his brothers. While the others fell to Earth in human form, Azrael descended as a vampire. Today, as the lead singer of a popular rock band, he keeps his true nature hidden--a powerful darkness constantly at odds with his angelic self. Beneath his mask, Azrael holds onto the hope that he will one day find the archess who will complete him. At his brother Gabriel's wedding, Azrael set his golden eyes on Sophie Bryce, the maid of honor. He is certain she is his destined mate, and will do anything to make her his. But Sophie is unaware of her archess identity, and is haunted by unspeakable demons of her own. When supernatural forces emerge from the shadows, threatening Sophie, Azrael is the only one who can protect her. But to do it, he must reveal his true, savage self.

Rautavaara's Journey in Music
Rautavaara's Journey in Music

Author: Barbara Blanchard Hong

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-07-12

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1538172348

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Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016) has been called Finland’s most notable musical export after Sibelius. His prolific output includes eleven operas; eight symphonies; eleven concertos; choral works for the Orthodox, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches; secular choral works; chamber music; vocal solos; and keyboard works. Many of these works were commissioned by internationally known performers and ensembles including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Richard Stoltzman, Hilary Hahn, Anne Akiko Meiers, Gerald Finley, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Juilliard School of Music Orchestra. Perhaps most frequently performed are his Cantus Arcticus, a concerto for recorded arctic birds and orchestra, Angel of Light, his seventh symphony, and the Lorca choral suite depicting Death as a stalker in a Spanish village. Rautavaara’s Journey in Music is divided into two sections; the first a biography and discussion of works that show his various style changes, from neoclassical, to twelve-tone, to neoromantic, and finally to a personal expressive style combining elements of twelve-tone and tonality. The second part divides his works by genre and gives more detailed information of stylistic analysis, libretto, provenance, and, often, reception.