Twice in a Big Moon by Patricia Moyes
In a brilliant performance worthy of the composer, M. T. Anderson and Petra Mathers present a picture-book biography of the singular Erik Satie.Throughout his life, Erik Satie wanted to make a new kind of music, a kind of music both very young and very old, very bold and very shy, that followed no rules but its own.
At first glance, Erik Satie looked as normal as anyone else in Paris one hundred years ago. Beyond his shy smile, however, was a mind like no other. When Satie sat down at the piano to compose or play music, his tunes were strange and dreamlike, his melodies topsy-turvy and discordant. Many people hated his music. Few understood it. But to Erik Satie there was sense in nonsense, and the vibrant, surreal compositions of this eccentric man-child would go on to influence many artists.
Patricia Moyes (1923-2000) was a British mystery writer best known for her Henry Tibbet series of old-fashioned mysteries. During WWII Moyes joined the Royal Air Force and became a radar operator and flight officer. Subsequently, she worked as assistant to actor and director Peter Ustinov, with whom she collaborated on a film script. She also spent some years as assistant editor for British Vogue. A cat lover, Moyes wrote two books about cats.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805029482 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805029486 |
| Title | Twice in a Big Moon |
| Author | Patricia Moyes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Year published | 1994-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 181 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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