1978, ISBN: 9780393090901

Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet, and lover, his story never leaves us. We see him tantalizing Cicero and Plato, and breathing new music into Gluck and Monteverdi;… More...

Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet, and lover, his story never leaves us. We see him tantalizing Cicero and Plato, and breathing new music into Gluck and Monteverdi; occupying the mind of Jung and the surreal dreams of Cocteau; scandalizing the Fathers of the early Church, and filling Rilke with poems like a whirlwind. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet, and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work, Ann Wroe goes in search of Orpheus, tracing the man and the power he represents through the myriad versions of a fantastical life: his birth in Thrace, his studies in Egypt, his voyage with the Argonauts to fetch the Golden Fleece, his love for Eurydice and the journey to Hades, and his terrible death. We see him tantalizing Cicero and Plato, and breathing new music into Gluck and Monteverdi; occupying the mind of Jung and the surreal dreams of Cocteau; scandalizing the Fathers of the early Church, and filling Rilke with poems like a whirlwind. He emerges as not simply another mythical figure but the force of creation itself, singing the song of light out of darkness and life out of death.Good book, good condition.Dust jacket has a few signs of wear and there is a name written on the inside cover, and a bookshop sticker.Please feel free to email me with any questions., Sehr gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Literary Movement: Medieval, Publication Year: 1978, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Book Title: Medieval Music, Item Height: 236mm, Topic: Music, Item Width: 157mm, Item Weight: 748g, Number of Pages: 592 Pages, WW Norton & Co<

1978, ISBN: 9780393090901

W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 592 Seiten, Publiziert: 1978-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, bibliography, index, 0.75 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1220743, B… More...

W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 592 Seiten, Publiziert: 1978-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: illustrations, bibliography, index, 0.75 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1220743, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Styles, Music, Arts & Photography, Subjects, Opera & Classical, Scores, Songbooks & Lyrics, Reference, History & Criticism, School Books : Promotion, W. W. Norton & Company, 1978<

1978, ISBN: 0393090906

[EAN: 9780393090901], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: W. W. Norton & Company], Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may … More...

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