{"product_id":"requiem-before-the-times-of-jeffrey-schanzer-9781735461540","title":"Requiem Before the Times of Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree of the five movements of the \u003ci\u003eRequiem\u003c\/i\u003e memorialize specific catastrophes of the 20th century. The first movement mourns the life, times and brutal murder of Steven Biko, the South African leader of the Black Consciousness Movement. Movement II addresses the unspeakable losses of the Holocaust. Movement IV mourns the loss of our many friends to AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the manner of liturgical requiems, this secular requiem also sounds notes of hope. The third movement, based on an observation in the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e that no storm can last all day, indicates that healing is possible, in spite of the recurrence of evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final movement memorializes the heroic gesture of the cellist, Vedran Smailovic, who played for 22 days at the killing site of 22 civilians in Sarajevo; his name is silently embedded in the first letter of each line of the poem on which the movement is based.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems of the \u003ci\u003eRequiem\u003c\/i\u003e were written in memory of the sculptor and painter, Walter Winika.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eRequiem Before the Times of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, was performed by The New York Virtuosi Singers, directed by Harold Rosenbaum, at St. Peter's Church on April 24, 1999, in New York City.\u003cbr\u003eExcerpts from \u003ci\u003eThe Requiem Before the Times of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, were performed by The New York Virtuosi Singers, directed by Harold Rosenbaum, at The Kaufman Center, Merkin Concert Hall, on Jan. 21, 2006, NYC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Schanzer,N. M. Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1735461547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735461540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kearns, Howard \u0026amp; Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiral","brand":"Jeffrey Schanzer","offers":[{"title":"Spiral","offer_id":49082892026111,"sku":"9781735461540","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/requiem-before-the-times-of-jeffrey-schanzer-9781735461540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}