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Cartas para Arcebispo Desmond Tutu e Sir Michael Palin e Marcelo Gleiser mais jovens

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ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA ARCEBISPO DESMOND TUTU E SIR MICHAEL PALIN E MARCELO GLEISER MAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA. Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu eu adolescente, caso o encontrasse? Em Carta Para Meu Jovem Eu, personalidades das mais diversas áreas refletem sobre o que teria sido bom saber antes. Elas também lembram aqueles momentos mágicos que gostariam de reviver. O livro inclui a participação especial de personalidades brasileiras.

Elle s'appelait Anne Frank

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« Je n’ai rien d’héroïque. Je ne suis que le maillon final de la longue, très longue chaîne de braves Hollandais qui ont fait ce que j’ai fait. »Pendant deux ans, Miep Gies a aidé Anne Frank et sa famille à se cacher des nazis dans un immeuble d’Amsterdam. C’est également grâce à elle que le journal d’Anne est parvenu jusqu’à nous, puisqu’elle l’a conservé et caché après l’arrestation de la jeune fille, avant de le remettre à son père, Otto Frank.Dans ce témoignage historique émouvant, elle raconte comment, avec quelques autres, elle a permis à la famille Frank de survivre pendant sa clandestinité. Elle évoque aussi, toujours avec pudeur, le quotidien d’une résistante lors de l’occupation allemande avec ses doutes, ses craintes et ses rêves, et sa participation au devoir de mémoire une fois la guerre terminée. Un document poignant à la valeur inestimable.

Peggy Guggenheim

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One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the world’s great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life, and for her ironic, playful desire to shock. Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim’s life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing discoveries, to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs, and Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a male-dominated world. Prose also explores the ways in which Guggenheim’s image was filtered through the lens of insidious antisemitism.

A Rift in Time

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An engrossing family memoir that shines a light on Palestine’s history, offering a wise, sobering view of how radically conditions there have changed since the late Ottoman Empire, from the award-winning author of We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I.Raja Shehadeh’s great-great-uncle Najib Nassar, a journalist born in 1865, spent the first 4 decades of his life under the Ottoman Empire. Ruled by a Muslim Sultan, the region nevertheless saw the coexistence of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and a freedom of movement unthinkable in the present-day Middle East. On a 2-year quest to discover Najib’s fascinating story, Shehadeh follows his footsteps through what are now Lebanon and Israel, tracing the fall of the Empire after World War I and the disastrous British Mandate. A family memoir written in luminescent prose, A Rift in Time also reflects on how Palestine—in particular the disputed Jordan Rift Valley—has been transformed. Most of Palestine’s history and that of its people is buried deep in the ground: whole villages have disappeared, and names have been erased from the map. Yet by seeing the bigger picture of the landscape and the unending struggle for freedom as Shehadeh does, it is still possible to look toward a better future.

El feminismo

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Todavía los movimientos de mujeres no habían eclosionado en la Argentina, cuando María Elena Walsh escribía y cantaba palabras incómodas, cuestionaba los rígidos roles asignados a mujeres y varones, y se manifestaba contra la misoginia y la violencia machista.Qué es el feminismo reúne buena parte de esos textos, lanzados desde diarios y revistas, columnas radiales, discos y escenarios. Escritos, compuestos o publicados a lo largo de unos cincuenta años -algunos inéditos-, son de sorprendente actualidad, la confirman como la referente intelectual que es para muchas generaciones de argentinos y la revelan, además, como una precursora y una feminista pionera.Cuando todavía no había aparecido en la Argentina el colectivo Ni una menos, ni habían salido a las calles miles de chicas reclamando por el fin del patriarcado, María Elena Walsh escribía, cantaba y pronunciaba palabras incómodas, cuestionaba los rígidos roles asignados a mujeres y varones, se resistía a lavar los platos por mandato y se manifestaba contra la misoginia y la violencia machista. El feminismo reúne los textos que, como piedras preciosas y filosas, lanzaba desde diarios y revistas, columnas radiales, discos y escenarios. Escritos a lo largo de cincuenta años -algunos inéditos-, son de sorprendente actualidad, la confirman como la referente intelectual que trasciende generaciones y la revelan, además, como pionera y precursora de la reciente eclosión de los movimientos de mujeres. Sin perder el humor y la paciencia, Walsh persuade con naturalidad y el alcance de su compromiso ético la ha convertido en un símbolo que enriquece y renueva el feminismo en la Argentina.«Quien no fue mujer / ni trabajador / piensa que el de ayer / fue un tiempo mejor / y al compás de la nostalgia / hoy bailamos por error».«Las mujeres, como los negros, los colonizados, la clase trabajadora, a medida que tomamos conciencia, menos queremos dádivas; queremos lo que nos pertenece por derecho y nos arrebatan día a día, es decir, todo. Las mujeres, que fuimos custodias de la vida -para que fuera rifada en guerras-, queremos más que nunca defenderla de los fabricantes de muerte. Pero según, cómo y cuándo lo determinemos nosotras».«El Movimiento de Liberación Femenina es una ideología revolucionaria, no exprimida de libracos apolillados, sino del cotidiano martirio de la mitad de la humanidad. Nace en las ferias y junto a las bateas, a la vera de las camillas de ginecólogos carniceros y a contrapelo de los viejitos célibes del Vaticano que vienen diagramando la conducta sexual según conviene a los intereses de los capitales y a las fluctuaciones del mercado bélico».«¿Educamos a nuestras niñas para que en el día de mañana (si lo hay) sean ociosas princesas del jet-set? ¿Las educamos para Heidis de almibarados bosques? ¿Las educamos para futuras cortesanas? ¿Las educamos para enanas mentales y superfluas "señoras gordas"?».

Der Bauernspiegel

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In "Der Bauernspiegel" entwirft Jeremias Gotthelf ein eindringliches Bild des ländlichen Lebens im 19. Jahrhundert, das sich durch Realismus und eine tiefgründige Erzählweise auszeichnet. Das Werk thematisiert die Herausforderungen und den Alltag der Bauern, beleuchtet ihre innere Welt und die moralischen Fragen ihrer Zeit. Durch prägnante Dialoge und lebhafte Beschreibungen gelingt es Gotthelf, einen lebendigen Kontext zu schaffen, der sowohl die sozialen Strukturen als auch die Stellung des Individuums innerhalb dieser Gemeinschaft reflektiert. Jeremias Gotthelf, das Pseudonym des Schweizer Pfarrers Albert Bitzius, war stark von den sozialen und religiösen Fragen seiner Zeit beeinflusst. Seine eigene Erfahrung im ländlichen Raum, kombiniert mit einem tiefen Verständnis für die menschliche Natur, spiegeln sich in diesem Werk wider. Gotthelfs literarisches Schaffen ist oft durch eine moralische Botschaft geprägt, die den Leser dazu anregt, über Gerechtigkeit und Solidarität nachzudenken, was in "Der Bauernspiegel" besonders deutlich wird. Dieses Buch ist eine fesselnde Lektüre für all jene, die sich für die sozialen Themen des 19. Jahrhunderts interessieren. Gotthelfs meisterhafte Erzählweise und die lebensnahen Charaktere laden den Leser ein, sich mit der Welt der Bauern auseinanderzusetzen und ihre Werte, Kämpfe und Triumphe zu verstehen.

The Art of Richard Thompson

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A tribute to the cartoonist known as “Michelangelo with a sense of humor,” the creator of the beloved comic strip Cul de Sac (Pat Oliphant, editorial cartoonist).Richard Thompson is renowned among cartoonists as an “artist’s” cartoonist. Little known to all but those close to him is the extent of his art talent. This is the book that will enlighten the rest of us and delight us with the sheer beauty of his work.Divided into six sections, each beginning with an introductory conversation between Thompson and six well-known peers, including Bill Watterson, the book will present Thompson’s illustration work, caricatures, and his creation, Richard’s Poor Almanack. Each section is highly illustrated, many works in color, most of them large and printed one-to-a-page. The diversity of work will help cast a wider net, well beyond Cul de Sac fans.“Even working wordlessly, from his wheelchair, Thompson was, and is, the supreme comedian. And that comic timing is among the embarrassment of rich gifts on beautiful display in The Art of Richard Thompson . . . one of the most anticipated art-retrospective books of the year.” —The Washington Post“A new collection of art, interviews and commentaries . . . a more complete portrait of a multi-talented artist whose career ended far too early.” —IndieWire

The Red Emperor

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'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong KongThe Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one of Communist China's ruling families, the young Xi was exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He fought his way back to the top by stealth, privilege and guile. In 2012, following the spectacular fall of his rival Bo Xilai, Xi Jinping became the leader of China.In a compulsively readable narrative, veteran foreign correspondent Michael Sheridan takes the reader from the poor, isolated country of Xi's youth to the military and economic superpower of today. In Xi's new China, family mafias struggle for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals as ministers and generals vanish in purges. No one is safe in his techno-security state. Xi is an absolute ruler whose word is law on everything from war and peace to the ruthless campaign against Covid-19. He aims to dominate world trade, to defeat Western democracy and to make China the supreme power in the East. A loner and a risk-taker, he is the most consequential leader of our time.Drawing on intimate stories from the closed world of China's leading families and two decades of first-hand reporting, Michael Sheridan sheds new light on the history and politics of China. The book reveals that behind the façade of the Chinese Communist Party there is a modern dynasty and a new emperor.

Littérature notre ciel!

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"Au moment d'être propulsé par la porte du tambour dans le hall de l'hôtel Schweitzer Hof, j'avais aperçu un homme qui me tendait le bras en rugissant. Un sourire large, une voix de stentor, une crinière lisse et blanche, un nez pointu, un regard noir, très tendre sous la houle piquante des sourcil, un teint de rose, c'était lui, Heinrich Maria Ledig Rowholt." D. R.

It's Not About the Truth

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Mike Pressler walked into the bottomfloor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team. Forty-six players sat in theater-style chairs, all eyes riveted forward. It was 4:35 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. The program's darkest hour had arrived in an unexpected and explosive announcement. Pressler, a three-time ACC Coach of the Year, informed his team that its season was canceled and he had "resigned," effective immediately. While his words reverberated off the walls, hysteria erupted. Players cried, confused over a course of events that had spun wildly out of control. What began as an off-campus team party with two hired strippers had accelerated into a rape investigation -- one that exposed prosecutorial misconduct, shoddy police work, an administration's rush to judgment, and the media's disregard for the facts -- dividing both a prestigious university and the city of Durham. Wiping away tears, Pressler demonstrated the steely resolve that helped him win more than two hundred games. For the next thirty minutes, Pressler put his personal situation aside and encouraged his players to stick together. He also made a bold promise: "One day, we will get a chance to tell the world the truth. One day." This is that day. Pressler, who has not done an interview since the saga began, has handed his private diary from those three weeks to New York Times bestselling author Don Yaeger, exposing vivid details, including the day Pressler was fired, when the coach asked Athletic Director Joe Alleva why the school "wasn't willing to wait for the truth" to come out. "It's not about the truth anymore," Alleva said to the coach in a signature moment that said it all. In addition to Pressler, Yaeger interviewed more than seventy-five key figures intimately involved in the case. The result is a tale that defies logic. "It is tough to be one of fifty people who believed a story when fifty million people believed something else," Pressler said. "This wasn't about the truth to many of the others involved. My story is all about the truth."

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Including "Ain't I a Woman?" Momentous Speech)

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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is a profound and powerful exploration of the life of a formerly enslaved African American woman who transcended immense adversity to become a prominent abolitionist and women's rights activist. Written in a compelling and straightforward narrative style, the book provides a firsthand account of Truth's experiences with slavery, her escape to freedom, and her tireless advocacy for equality and justice. Through her famous 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech, Truth challenges prevailing notions of gender and race, making a lasting impact on the fight for civil rights. Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century American social and political landscape, this literary work offers a unique perspective on the intersection of race, gender, and freedom in United States history. Sojourner Truth, a remarkable figure in American history, drew inspiration from her own struggles and triumphs to pen this seminal work. Her unwavering commitment to social justice and equality shines through in her writing, demonstrating her resilience and determination in the face of adversity. Truth's personal experiences as an enslaved woman inform the authenticity and urgency of her message, making her narrative a compelling and essential read for those interested in the history of abolitionism and women's rights activism. I highly recommend The Narrative of Sojourner Truth to readers seeking an enlightening and thought-provoking exploration of the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in American history. This book offers valuable insights into the complexities of race, gender, and freedom, and serves as a powerful testament to the enduring spirit of resistance and resilience in the face of oppression.

Zami

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'Si no me definiera a mí misma por mí misma, me meterían en las fantasías de los demás para mí y me comerían viva' Una niña negra abre los ojos en el Harlem de los años treinta. A su alrededor, un embriagador remolino de transeúntes, bocinas de coches, lámparas de queroseno, la caída de la bolsa, plátanos fritos, historias de la Granada natal de sus padres. Caminando a la escuela pública por las aceras nevadas, se da cuenta de que tiene la lengua trabada, que es legalmente ciega y que sus hermanas mayores la han dejado atrás. Sigue dando tumbos a través del dolor y la soledad de la adolescencia, pero luego hacia la felicidad en la amistad, el trabajo y el sexo, desde Washington Heights hasta México, siempre cambiando, siempre fuerte. Esta es la historia de Audre Lorde. Un relato arrebatador que alienta la vida, sobre la independencia, el amor, el trabajo, la fuerza, la sexualidad y el cambio. Su primera y única novela, clasificada como una «biomitografía», pues combina el mito, la historia y la biografía para detallar sus experiencias navegando por la vida como lesbiana negra en el Estados Unidos de los años cincuenta.

Vivre la nuit, rêver le jour

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"Personne ne peut expliquer vraiment qui il est ni ce qu’il aime. Il y a trop de paramètres cachés et mystérieux. Pour créer, je me sers de ces choses qui sont terriblement secrètes et ancrées en moi, de souvenirs très importants. Plus j’avance, plus je reviens en arrière, plus j’aime l’intouchable que j’étais." Les souvenirs bruts et incandescents de la plus singulière étoile de la chanson française. Enfant d’une famille italienne aimante mais chaotique, jeune dragueur de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, fan d’Elvis et de John Lee Hooker, version frenchy de James Dean, dandy moustachu en smoking crème, fou de bagnoles, chasseur de sons aux verres fumés, Christophe a traversé avec élégance les époques sans jamais se démoder. Du Golf-Drouot à la salle Pleyel, du hit-parade au frisson underground, ses souvenirs dessinent une autre histoire de la chanson française. Esthète, obsessionnel, anticonformiste, Christophe s’apprêtait à publier le récit sans filtre de son existence quand la mort s’est interposée.

The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro

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The Shame of Motley is a Biographical Book. For three days I had been cooling my heels about the Vatican, vexed by suspense. It fretted me that I should have been so lightly dealt with after I had discharged the mission that had brought me all the way from Pesaro, and I wondered how long it might be ere his Most Illustrious Excellency the Cardinal of Valencia might see fit to offer me the honourable employment with which Madonna Lucrezia had promised me that he would reward the service I had rendered the House of Borgia by my journey. Three days were sped, yet nought had happened to signify that things would shape the course by me so ardently desired; that the means would be afforded me of mending my miserable ways, and repairing the wreck my life had suffered on the shoals of Fate. True, I had been housed and fed, and the comforts of indolence had been mine; but, for the rest, I was still clothed in the livery of folly which I had worn on my arrival, and, wherever I might roam, there followed ever at my heels a crowd of underlings, seeking to have their tedium lightened by jests and capers, and voting me when their hopes proved barren the sorriest Fool that had ever worn the motley. On that third day I speak of, my patience tried to its last strand, I had beaten a lacquey with my hands, and fled from the cursed gibes his fellows aimed at me, out into the misty gardens and the chill January air, whose sting I could, perhaps, the better disregard by virtue of the heat of indignation that consumed me.

Principes

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In 'Principes' deelt Dalio de vele inzichten die hij in de loop van zijn opmerkelijke carrière heeft opgedaan en laat vervolgens tot in detail zien hoe die worden toegepast in zijn eigen bedrijf. De honderden praktische lessen in dit boek gaan onder meer over het creëren van een goede bedrijfscultuur, effectieve besluitvorming, samenwerking, goed management en het bouwen van sterke teams. Iedereen kan de heldere levenslessen en inzichten die Ray Dalio in 'Principes' deelt toepassen om zijn eigen doelen te bereiken. In 1975 richtte Dalio vanuit zijn tweekamerappartement in New York een investeringsbedrijfje op: Bridgewater Associates. Veertig jaar later heeft Bridgewater meer geld verdiend voor zijn klanten dan ieder ander hedgefonds in de geschiedenis. Dat is deels te danken aan de buitengewoon effectieve cultuur bij Bridgewater, gebaseerd op wat Ray Dalio 'radicale waarheid' en 'radicale transparantie' noemt. Het zijn deze principes, niet zijn bijzondere kwaliteiten, die volgens hem de basis vormen van zijn succes.

Revolutionärinnen und Grenzgängerinnen: Lebensgeschichten visionärer Denkerinnen

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Diese Ausgabe stellt die Lebensgeschichten beeindruckender Frauen der Geschichte vor, die sich durch ihren unbeugsamen, rebellischen und hartnäckigen Geist ausgezeichnet haben: Hypatia von Alexandria (Geschrieben von Fritz Mauthner) Athenaïs (Geschrieben von Ferdinand Gregorovius) Katharina von Bora (Geschrieben von Albrecht Thoma) Elisabeth I. (Geschrieben von Getrude Aretz) Kristina von Schweden (Geschrieben von Franz Schauerte) Kaiserin Katharina die Große (Geschrieben von Magnus Jacob Crusenstolpe) Germaine von Staël-Holstein (Geschrieben von Getrude Aretz) George Sand: Geschichte meines Lebens (Autobiographie) Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich, Sissi (Geschrieben von Getrude Aretz) Louise Aston: Aus dem Leben einer Frau (Autobiographie) Bertha von Suttner (Autobiographie) Rosa Luxemburg (Geschrieben von Karl Radek) Clara Zetkin: Erinnerungen (Autobiographie)

Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

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It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost?----Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm.So, that went well . . .The spring barley crop failed.Just like the oil seed rape.And the durum wheat.Then the oats turned the colour of a hearing aid and the mushrooms went mouldy.Farming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative. Jeremy would be better off trying to breed ostriches.But in the face of uncooperative weather, the relentless realities of the agricultural economy, bureaucracy, a truculent local planning department and the world’s persistent refusal to recognise his ingenuity and genius, our hero’s not beaten yet. Not while the farm shop’s still doing a roaring trade in candles that smell like his knacker hammock, he isn’t.On the face of it, the challenges of making a success of Diddly Squat are enough to have you weeping into your (Hawkstone) beer, but misery loves company and in girlfriend Lisa, Farm Manager Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald his Head of Security Jeremy knows he’s got the best. And it’s hard for a chap to feel too gloomy about things when there’s a JCB telehandler, a crop-spraying hovercraft and a digger in the barn.Because as a wise man* once said, ‘there’s no man alive who wouldn’t have fun with a digger . . .’*JeremyNumber 1 Sunday Times bestseller, October 2024

Running for My Life

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Warrick Dunn was only eighteen when his mother, a Baton Rouge police officer, was shot and killed. Yet somehow he managed to enroll at Florida State University and help his team to a national championship during his freshman year—while also caring for his five brothers and sisters. Despite his modest size, Dunn went on to a storied NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons, becoming one of only twenty-three running backs in NFL history to exceed the 10,000-yard career rushing mark. Off the field, he created the Warrick Dunn Foundation and its Homes for the Holidays program, helping single parents achieve first-time home ownership. But in his drive to help others, the one person Dunn neglected was himself, as the pain of his mother's loss led to a spiraling depression that went untreated for years.Running for My Life details Dunn's struggle to confront his past and face the grief that consumed him for far too long. Thought-provoking and uplifting, it is the story of an exceptional athlete's secret torment and inspiring courage.

Gérard Philipe

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Gérard Philipe fut un peu plus qu'un acteur. Il fut un héros de notre temps et le visage idéal en qui toute une jeunesse voulut s'incarner. Comme un journal a pu l'écrire, ce n'est pas seulement Gérard Philipe qui est mort le 25 novembre 1959, c'est un peu toute notre après-guerre. De René Clair à Jean Vilar, de Georges Le Roy à René Clément, ses camarades, ses amis, ses metteurs en scène ont écrit le récit de sa vie. Cinquante photos, cent témoignages sur un jeune mort inconnu, très connu.

Bach

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"Le but de la musique devrait n'être que la gloire de Dieu et le délassement des âmes." On n’a longtemps vu en Johann Sebastian Bach, en français Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685-1750), qu’un organiste virtuose, voire un protestant bigot ou un fonctionnaire du culte composant à marche forcée. Pourtant, cantates, Passions, concertos, sonates, fugues, canons, passacailles, rien ne résiste à la boulimie de ce musicien complet qui maîtrise parfaitement la facture des instruments, la technique instrumentale, la composition, l'improvisation, la pédagogie, et la gestion d'une institution musicale. Homme aux multiples facettes et père de vingt enfants, l’auteur de L’Art de la fugue, qui ignore la cassure habituelle entre musique profane et religieuse, est considéré aujourd’hui comme un des plus grands musiciens de tous les temps.

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