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Genre/Form: | Romance fiction Historical fiction Musical fiction Fiction History Love stories |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Grenier, Roger, 1919- Piano music for four hands. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2001 (OCoLC)606512073 |
Material Type: | Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger Grenier; Alice Yaeger Kaplan |
ISBN: | 0803221819 9780803221819 0803270879 9780803270879 |
OCLC Number: | 44905155 |
Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
Description: | 153 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. The Art of the Fugue -- pt. 2. The Hygrometer -- pt. 3. The Victory of Time and Disillusion. |
Other Titles: | Partita. Piano music for 4 hands |
Responsibility: | Roger Grenier ; translated and with a preface by Alice Kaplan. |
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Abstract:
"" "Piano Music for Four Hands" is a novel about music and love set against three generations of French history. At its center is a charming but melancholy pianist named Michel Mailhoc. Having survived a series of bungled love affairs and professional disappointments, he retreats to his family house in the Pyrenees. The bright spot in his life is his grandniece Emma, who becomes his prizewinning student. Struggling with his fervent desire for her success and the fear of losing her, Michel sends Emma into the world of international musical stardom that he has renounced for himself. The Mailhoc family saga, stretching from World War I to the turbulent 1960s, is full of sorrow, but the underlying melody remains tender and humorous. From the first sentence we feel curiously at home in Roger Grenier's intimate, precise, and musical writing.
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