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Music for the End of Time
by Bryant

Music for the End of Time
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Author: Bryant
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-04
ISBN: 0802852297
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers

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Book Review: A children's picturebook based on the true story of French composer Olivier Messiaen
Summary: 5 Stars

Music for the End of Time is a children's picturebook based on the true story of French composer Olivier Messiaen, who was captured by the Germans during World War II and sent to a prison camp in Gorlitz (now part of Poland). Despite the bleak living conditions, he received the gift of a small miracle - the opportunity to write music again. With the aid of three fellow musicians also taken prisoner, the song of a beautiful nightingale, and the permission of a German officer, he was able to compose and play the now-famous "Quartet for the End of Time", in a performance appreciated like no other by his fellow prisoners. The emotionally touching pastel illustrations add the perfect quality to this simple story about keeping hope alive in the darkness.

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