Author: Publisher: Baker's Plays
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Silent Bells
Author: The Silent Bells
Author: William MacKellarPublisher:
ISBN: 9780396076186
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A young Swiss girl dreams of the day the cathedral bells, which no one has ever heard, will break their long silence when a special gift is presented at the crèche on Christmas Eve.
The Silent Bells
Author: John MacBeathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meditations
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
The Silent Bells and Other Stories ...
Author: Silent Bells
Author: Danny WilsonPublisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3743891735
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Taking my mind to another part of the matrix....I seek the eternal analysis of the human condition...I push the realm of a higher consciousness/I try...
The Bells
Author: Richard HarvellPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307590542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Written as a confessional letter to his son, an 18th century opera singer recounts how his gift for sound led him on an astonishing journey to Europe’s celebrated opera houses and reveals how he came to raise a son who by all rights he never could have sired. The celebrated opera singer Lo Svizzero was born in a belfry high in the Swiss Alps where his mother served as the keeper of the loudest and most beautiful bells in the land. Shaped by the bells’ glorious music, he possessed an extraordinary gift for sound. But when his preternatural hearing was discovered—along with its power to expose the sins of the church—young Moses Froben was cast out of his village with only his ears to guide him in a world fraught with danger. Rescued from certain death by two traveling monks, he finds refuge at the vast and powerful Abbey of St. Gall. There, he becomes the protégé of the Abbey’s brilliant yet repulsive choirmaster, Ulrich. But it is this gift that will cause Moses’ greatest misfortune: determined to preserve his brilliant pupil’s voice, Ulrich has Moses castrated. Now, he will forever sing with the exquisite voice of an angel—a musico—yet castration is an abomination in the Swiss Confederation, and so he must hide his shameful condition from his friends and even from the girl he has come to love. When his saviors are exiled and his beloved leaves St. Gall for an arranged marriage in Vienna, he decides he can deny the truth no longer and he follows her—to sumptuous Vienna, to the former monks who saved his life, to an apprenticeship at one of Europe’s greatest theaters, and to the premiere of one of history’s most beloved operas. Like the voice of Lo Svizzero, The Bells is a sublime debut novel that rings with passion, courage, and beauty.
Silent Bells
Author: Daniel Arden WelchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Farm life
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The Dragon's Tooth
Author: Nathan D. WilsonPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375864393
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
When their parents' seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and their brother Daniel are introduced to an ancient secret society, and discover that they have an important role in keeping it alive.
Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, and Silent Nights
Author: Ronald D. LankfordPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 081304782X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday, and at warm diners on lonely Christmas Eve nights. Over the years, other favorites have been added to America’s annual playlist, including Elvis Presley’s "Blue Christmas," the King Cole Trio’s "The Christmas Song," Gene Autry’s "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Willie Nelson’s "Pretty Paper," and, of course, Elmo & Patsy’s "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Viewing American holiday values through the filter of familiar Christmas songs, Ronald Lankford examines popular culture, consumerism, and the dynamics of the traditional American family. He surveys more than seventy-five years of songs and reveals that the “modern American Christmas” has carried a complex and sometimes contradictory set of meanings. Interpreting tunes against the backdrop of the eras in which they were first released, he identifies the repeated themes of nostalgia, commerce, holiday blues, carnival, and travesty that underscore so much beloved music. This first full-length analysis of the lyrics, images, and commercial forces inextricably linked to Yuletide music hits the heart of what many Americans think Christmas is--or should be.
The Silent Bells
Author: Jane O'NiellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780874405804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description