Runcie, James

The Great Passion

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ISBN 13:: 9781408885543
author:: Runcie, James
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2022
Pages:: 32
Dimensions:: 24 x 15.6 x 2.2 centimetres (0.0
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Biographical, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
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Set in 1726, The Great Passion is a moving and deeply human novel about love, loss, and the power of music to transcend grief. When eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann is sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he finds solace in the company of the Cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach. As Stefan watches the Cantor work on a new composition, he begins to understand the depths of his own sorrow and the extraordinary music that is being created.

Through Stefan's story, James Runcie brings alive the world of Baroque music and the genius of Bach, while also exploring the universal human experience of loss and the ways in which it can shape us. This is a beautifully written and deeply moving novel that will enrich readers with its glimpse into one of the most extraordinary periods of music history.

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