Another book review. After I finished reading counterpoint (last Tuesday evening) I made a bunch of train journeys, which means I could read a lot. So I finished another book already (finished it some days ago, but I had to make some time to translate the review).
I read ‘Wild harmonies’. Subtitle is ‘Life with music [...]
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Counterpoint in the latest novel by the Dutch writer Anna enquist. The structure of this book is based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Golberg Variations. A woman of a certain age, decides to study the variations one more time. Meanwhile she overlooks her life, remembering her daughter and son. Each variations is an episode of her [...]
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I don’t like Chopin. I don’t like Chopin at all.
Okay, so I didn’t like Chopin. That changed slightly due to the numerous analysises of several Nocturnes, Waltzes, Etudes,… during the harmony lessons at the conservatory. In the end I even ended up buying ‘Impromptu, a movie about Chopin’s life.
A few weeks ago, I was watching [...]
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Scusa ma ti chiamo amore (Sorry if I love you), is a novel by the Italian author Federico Moccia. His books are very popular in Italy, some of them have even been adapted for the screen. I bought the Spanish translantion, Perdona si te llamo amor, during my visit to Madrid in July. It took [...]
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