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...stresses, layered insanities, and multi-directional assaults of contemporary life on the spirit.” In addition to traditional orchestration, he arranged the members of the ensemble in such a way as to provide a richer experience for the listener. Indeed, Lowell Lecture Hall was reportedly one of Brant??s favorite places to hold a concert—true to his spirit, when my ensemble performed his work, we placed a row of trumpets in the balcony flanked by flutes. To those on the floor below, the sounds washing down from above blended with those from either...

Author: By Bilal A. Siddiqui | Title: Winds and Brass Forever | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...accomplished, he being three, she five. Franois de Valois shy, timid, bilious weakling, married her at Notre Dame when she was 16. Brant??me says she was more beautiful than a goddess. Ronsard du Bellay and De Maisonfleur wrote poems for her, over which she wept. She wore blue velvet, embroidered with silver lilies. A year later Franois was King of France, and Mary's devoted slave; after a reign of 16 months she was a widow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mary Stuart | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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