Jean-Philippe Rameau, conductor
Jean-Philippe
Rameau (September 1683 – September 1764) was a French composer and
music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and
music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the
dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French
composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin.
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Little
is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won
fame as a major theorist of music with his Treatise on Harmony (1722) and also
in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which
circulated throughout Europe.
He
was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation
chiefly rests today.
His
debut, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733), caused a great stir and was fiercely
attacked by the supporters of Lully's style of music for its revolutionary use
of harmony. Nevertheless, Rameau's pre-eminence in the field of French opera
was soon acknowledged, and he was later attacked as an
"establishment" composer by those who favored Italian opera during
the controversy known as the Querelle des Bouffons in the 1750s.
Rameau's
music had gone out of fashion by the end of the 18th century, and it was not
until the 20th that serious efforts were made to revive it. Today, he enjoys
renewed appreciation with performances and recordings of his music ever more
frequent.
HERE'S MY LATEST BOOK..... "SHORT STORIES FROM A SMALL TOWN"
This is a book of short stories taken from the things I
saw and heard in my childhood in the factory town of Ansonia in southwestern
Connecticut.
Sal, the desperate and depressed divorcee in Things
Change, changes his life in Lunch Hour when asks the
waitress for a date and she accepts. (Which we learn in Closing Time, the last
story in the book) In The Arranged Time, Thisby is given the option
of change and whether she takes it or, we don’t know. The death of Greta’s
husband in A Matter of Time has led her to the diner and into
the waiting arms of the outgoing and loveable Gabe.
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REVIEWS FOR "SHORT STORIES FROM A SMALL TOWN"
The Valley Lives
By Marion Marchetto, author of The Bridgewater Chronicles
on October 15, 2015
Short Stores from a Small Town is set in The Valley
(known to outsiders as The Lower Naugatuck Valley) in Connecticut. While the
short stories are contemporary they provide insight into the timeless qualities
of an Industrial Era community and the values and morals of the people who live
there. Some are first or second generation Americans, some are transplants, yet
each takes on the mantle of Valleyite and wears it proudly. It isn't easy for
an author to take the reader on a journey down memory lane and involve the
reader in the life stories of a group of seemingly unrelated characters. I say
seemingly because by book's end the reader will realize that he/she has done
more than meet a group of loosely related characters.
We meet all of the characters during a one-day time
period as each of them finds their way to the Valley Diner on a rainy autumn
day. From our first meeting with Angel, the educationally challenged man who
opens and closes the diner, to our farewell for the day to the young waitress
whose smile hides her despair we meet a cross section of the Valley population.
Rich, poor, ambitious, and not so ambitious, each life proves that there is
more to it beneath the surface. And the one thing that binds these lives
together is The Valley itself. Not so much a place (or a memory) but an almost
palpable living thing that becomes a part of its inhabitants.
Let me be the first the congratulate author John William
Tuohy on a job well done. He has evoked the heart of The Valley and in doing so
brought to life the fabric that Valleyites wear as a mantle of pride. While set
in a specific region of the country, the stories that unfold within the pages
of this slim volume are similar to those that live in many a small town from
coast to coast.
By Sandra Mendyk
Just read "Short Stories from a Small Town,"
and couldn't put it down! Like Mr. Tuohy's other books I read, they keep your
interest, especially if you're from a small town and can relate to the lives of
the people he writes about. I recommend this book for anyone interested in
human interest stories. His characters all have a central place where the
stories take place--a diner--and come from different walks of life and wrestle
with different problems of everyday life. Enjoyable and thoughtful.
I loved how the author wrote about "his people"
By kathee
A touching thoughtful book. I loved how the author wrote
about "his people", the people he knew as a child from his town. It
is based on sets of time in the local diner, breakfast , lunch and dinner, but
time stands still ... Highly recommend !
WONDERFUL book, I loved it!
By John M. Cribbins
What wonderful stories...I just loved this book.... It is
great how it is written following, breakfast, lunch, dinner, at a diner. Great
characters.... I just loved it....
Here's a short story idea for you to work on .........
Worker disappears after he
was accidentally paid more than 300 times his salary
The worker initially alerted
his manager of the massive overpayment
By Landon Mion | Fox News
A worker in Chile submitted
his resignation and could not be found after his job accidentally paid him
about 330 times his salary because of a payroll error, according to reports.
The worker, a dispatch
assistant at cold meats manufacturer Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos,
received a paycheck of 165,398,851 Chilean pesos, or $180,418, for the month of
May. He was only supposed to be paid about 500,000 Chilean pesos, or $545.
The worker initially alerted
his manager of the massive overpayment, according to local media outlet Diario
Financiero.
The manager would then
report the issue to human resources, who asked the worker to go to his bank and
return the extra money.
The worker, a dispatch
assistant at cold meats manufacturer Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos,
received a paycheck of 165,398,851 Chilean pesos, or $180,418, for the month of
May. He was only supposed to be paid about 500,000 Chilean pesos, or $545.
The worker, a dispatch
assistant at cold meats manufacturer Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos,
received a paycheck of 165,398,851 Chilean pesos, or $180,418, for the month of
May. He was only supposed to be paid about 500,000 Chilean pesos, or $545.
(iStock)
He agreed to go to the bank
the next day, but kept the money and ignored communications from his employer
over the next few days.
