Music for the End of Time
- ISBN-10
- 1415627843
- ISBN-13
- 9781415627846
- Category
- Composers
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- Jennifer Bryant
Description
While detained in a German prison camp, a French composer is given a rare opportunity to write music again.
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