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| ISBN 13 | 9780982625521 |
| ISBN 10 | 0982625529 |
| Book Subtitle | Olivier Messiaen And The Quartet For The End Of Time |
| Publisher | Bird Brain Productions |
| Book Description | The Miracle of Stalag 8A is a retelling of the fascinating story of Olivier Messiaen's composition of his Quartet for the End of Time. Set in France & Germany from 1939 to 1941, Messiaen served in the French army, was captured at Verdun, and sent to Stalag 8A in Gorlitz, Germany, where he composed the great work, The Quartet for the End of Time. The enigmatic Messiaen, an avant-garde composer and also a devout Catholic, along with Etienne Pasquier, an agnostic cellist, Henri Akoka, a Jewish Trotskyite Clarinetist, and Jean le Boulaire, an atheistic violinist, become the famous quartet of Stalag 8A. These four very different men collaborated to create musical history in the most unlikely of places. Messiaen's Quartet, composed in a Stalag, transforms man's inh |
| Language | English |
| Author | John William McMullen |
| Publication Date | 15/Aug/10 |
| Number of Pages | 242 |
The Miracle Of Stalag 8A - Beauty Beyond The Horror paperback english - 15/Aug/10
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