Les Six

Les Six

Author: Robert Shapiro

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 072061774X

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The absorbing, comprehensive story of an absolutely unique experiment in classical music, involving many key figures of the Dada and Surrealist movements Les Six were a group of talented composers who came together in a unique collaboration that has never been matched in classical music, and here their remarkable story is told for the first time. A musical experiment originally conceived by Erik Satie and then built upon by Jean Cocteau, Les Six were also born out of the shock of the German invasion of France in 1914—an avant-garde riposte to German romanticism and Wagnerism. Les Six were all—and still are—respected in music circles, but under the aegis of Cocteau, they found themselves moving among a whole new milieu: the likes of Picasso, René Clair, Blaise Cendrars, and Maurice Chevalier all appear in the story. But the story of Les Six goes on long after the heyday of Bohemian Paris—the group never officially disbanded and it was only in the last 20 years that the last member died; moreover, their spouses, descendents, and associates are still active, ensuring that the remarkable legacy of this unique group survives.


Caramel Mou and Other Great Piano Works of "Les Six"

Caramel Mou and Other Great Piano Works of

Author: Georges Auric

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2014-08-20

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0486493407

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In the early 20th century, a group of Parisian avant-garde composers known as "Les Six" rebelled against the current musical vogue. This compilation features a total of 20 works.


The Kabalistic and Occult Philosophy of Eliphas Levi - Volume 1: Letters to Students

The Kabalistic and Occult Philosophy of Eliphas Levi - Volume 1: Letters to Students

Author: Eliphas Levi

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-04-25

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 132909364X

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This Volume is a compilation of 196 letters from Eliphas Levi to three different students: -1 letter to Mme. Hutchinson -10 letters to Mr. Montaut (also known as ""The Elements of the Kabalah"") -185 letters to the Baron Spedalieri These letters cover a variety of subjects and are presented in a Bilingual format (English side-by-side with the original French) with copious footnotes and illustrations to help the student grasp the subject matter. Although many of these letters have been published in English before, this is a new translation of them all. This collection is a wonderful way to see into the heart of the Author and contain insights into his Transcendental Philosophy. ""The effect which I await for you (from my epistolary lessons) will be the understanding of my books which contain the whole doctrine, but in an abridged and succinct form.""


Tradition and Style in the Works of Darius Milhaud 1912-1939

Tradition and Style in the Works of Darius Milhaud 1912-1939

Author: BarbaraL. Kelly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1351538810

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Described by Maurice Ravel as one of the most considerable talents in French music of his generation, Darius Milhaud remains a largely neglected composer. This book reappraises his contribution, focusing on the emergence of the composer's style until his Jewish background forced his exile to the United States on the eve of the World War II. The period 1912-1939 spans the crucial years that mark the development of Milhaud's mature style. It was also during this time that he published his most important writings on contemporary music and its relationship to the past. Barbara Kelly discusses the extent to which Milhaud's complex views on the idea of a French national musical heritage relate to his own practice, and considers how his works reflect the balance between innovation and tradition. Drawing comparisons with contemporaries, such as Debussy, Satie, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Poulenc, the book argues that the rhythmic vitality of Milhaud's style and his modal approach within a polytonal context mark him out as an original and distinctive composer.


The Composer As Intellectual

The Composer As Intellectual

Author: Jane F. Fulcher

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-08-25

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 0195174739

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Their consciousness raised by the First World War and the xenophobic nationalism of official culture, some joined parties or movements, allying themselves with and propagating different sets of cultural and political-social goals."--Jacket.


Six: The Musical - Vocal Selections

Six: The Musical - Vocal Selections

Author:

Publisher: Hal Leonard

Published: 2020-06-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1705103928

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(Vocal Selections). Six has received rave reviews around the world for its modern take on the stories of the six wives of Henry VIII and it's finally opening on Broadway! From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st century girl power! Songs include: All You Wanna Do * Don't Lose Ur Head * Ex-Wives * Get Down * Haus of Holbein * Heart of Stone * I Don't Need Your Love * No Way * Six.


Bodin: On Sovereignty

Bodin: On Sovereignty

Author: Jean Bodin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-04-24

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780521349925

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This volume translates four chapters of Bodin's Six livres de la république, a vast synthesis of comparative public law and politics.


Faith, Reason, and Theosis

Faith, Reason, and Theosis

Author: Aristotle Papanikolaou

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 2023-10-03

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1531503039

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Theosis shapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways: positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made theosis the thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole and also interpreted patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary theologians used theosis as a triumphalistic club to beat down Catholic and Protestant Christians, claiming that they rejected theosis in favor of either a rationalistic or fideistic approach to Christian life. The essays collected in this volume move beyond this East–West divide by examining the relation between faith, reason, and theosis from Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant perspectives. A variety of themes are addressed, such as the nature–grace debate and the relation of philosophy to theology, through engagement with such diverse thinkers as Thomas Aquinas, John Wesley, Meister Eckhart, Dionysius the Areopagite, Symeon the New Theologian, Panayiotis Nellas, Vladimir Lossky, Martin Luther, Martin Heidegger, Sergius Bulgakov, John of the Cross, Delores Williams, Evagrius of Pontus, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The essays in this book are situated within a current thinking on theosis that consists of a common, albeit minimalist, affirmation amidst the flow of differences. The authors in this volume contribute to the historical theological task of complicating the contemporary Orthodox narrative, but they also continue the “theological achievement” of thinking about theosis so that all Christian traditions may be challenged to stretch and shift their understanding of theosis even amidst an ecumenical celebration of the gift of participation in the life of God.


The Wise Men

The Wise Men

Author: Walter Isaacson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1997-06-04

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 0684837714

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A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who was more responsible for the Truman Doctrine than Truman and for the Marshall Plan than General Marshall; George Kennan, self-cast outsider and intellectual darling of the Washington elite; Robert Lovett, assistant secretary of war, undersecretary of state, and secretary of defense throughout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation's most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, adroit diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.