{"product_id":"death-in-classical-music-john-sarkett-9781517326081","title":"Death in Classical Music: making friends with the unfriendly","description":"The treatment of life's most difficult problem by classical composers. Includes, as well, a large set of quotations on mortality. Readers say: \"strangely comforting.\" \"Takes on a taboo and breaks it down.\" \"Helped me get past the loss of a loved one.\" \u003cp\u003e Additionally, provides answers to questions like: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1. When and why did Richard Wagner become obsessed with death? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. What did Wagner's intellectual hero -- Arthur Schopenhauer -- think of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Which work of his did Franz Schubert like 'better than the rest?' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. What percentage of the top 25 operas deal in a significant way with death? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Who is the one known as \"Friend Henry?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. 'Friend Henry' appears in which Mahler symphony? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Who leads the \"Dance of Death?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. He wrote Isle of the Dead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. From which choral symphony comes the line: \"Let it not be a death -- but a completion\"? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. He called death \"the true goal of our existence.... this best and truest friend of mankind..... no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. He wrote music for the Novalis poem \"Must the morning always return?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. His 200 cantatas are filled with a joyful faith about the reality of heaven for the believer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd much, much more..... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA distinguished trio of scholars contributes a superb set of insightful essays as well: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wagner and Schopenhauer,\" by Dr. Leo Eylar, professor and conductor, California State University, Sacramento \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Arthur Schopenhauer reads Richard Wagner\" by Dr. Karl S. Guthke, professor, Kuno Francke Research Professor of German Art and Culture, Harvard University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Horrifying Songs: Schubert's \"Winterreise,\" Dr. Susan Youen, J. W. Van Gorkom Professor of Music, Professor of Musicology, University of Notre Dame \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath in classical music: making friends with the unfriendly concludes with a large compendium of quotes on death from Christian, Eastern, ancient, and miscellaneous sources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn A. Sarkett is also the author of Obscure Composers, Obscure Composers 2, Obscure Composers 3, and Bach and Heaven: The Promise of Afterlife in the Text of the Cantatas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sarkett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517326087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517326081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Sarkett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459227726079,"sku":"9781517326081","price":17.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26c4968f-3733-4616-9b2e-367d1e0b25cb.jpg?v=1777408684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-in-classical-music-john-sarkett-9781517326081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}