Evening in the Palace of Reason
Subtitle: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: February 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780007156610
Subjects: 18th Century World History; Music Of The 18th Century; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Germany; Genres & Styles - Classical; Individual Composer & Musician; History / General; History & Criticism - General; Modern - 18th Century; 18th century; Composition (Music); Enlightenment; History and criticism; Music; Prussia (Kingdom)
First sentence: FREDERICK THE GREAT HAD ALWAYS LOVED TO PLAY the flute, which was one of the qualities in him that his father most despised.