Full name: Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightment

Author: James R. Gaines Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Music, Non Fiction, Biographies, Philosophy, Art, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780007156610 0007156618

Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now know as Germany, and along with it a template for modern warfare. Their fleeting encounter in 1747 signals a unique moment in history where belief collided with the cold certainty of reason. Set at the tipping point between the ancient and modern world, Evening in the Palace of Reason captures the tumult of the eighteenth century, the legacy of the Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment in this extraordinary tale of two men. Similar books: The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber Reinventing Bach by Paul Elie Big Bangs by Howard Goodall Respect Yourself by Robert Gordon Bach by John Eliot Gardiner Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph Wolff For Liberty and Glory by James R. Gaines A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. Basbanes The Classical Style by Charles Rosen Desperate Romantics by Franny Moyle Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus Factory Made by Steven Watson The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock M by Peter Robb Voltaire in Love by Nancy Mitford The House of Wittgenstein by Alexander Waugh Cultural Amnesia by Clive James Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz On Ugliness by Umberto Eco