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The Last Word : An Insomniac Anthology of Canadian Poetry

1995

In reality it's the pres- tidigitation of the electronic media that is working to cash in on the latest pop culture fad: like the manufacturers of the yo- yo, hula hoop, and Rubik's Cube before them, they are the ones generating the interest, creating the phenomenon to suit themselves and turn a profit along the way. [...] This is but one probable narra- tive: An organ in a Romanesque cathedral adjoining a monastery on the rim of the Black Forest is installed, following the return of the abbot from a visit to the convent in Rupertsberg in 1174, where he has heard a performance of the Sequentiae liber divino- matthew remski — 57 rum operum given by the composer, the Abbess Hildegard von Bingen, accompanied by a small [...] He con- tracts the builder of the psalterion used in the recital, and by April of 1178, a small, single-manual, three-ranked instrument, suitable for simple accompaniments of plainsong, is operational in the choir loft of the cathedral. [...] In November of 1704, the pipes of the Lieblichnasat are severely damaged by the thrashing of a thirteen-year-old peasant girl as she is raped inside the instrument by the assistant organist. [...] In March of 1822, a third manual, the Ruckpositiv, is added, substantially changing the configuration of the console and the weight of the action.
canadian poetry 20th century

Authors

Michael Holmes

Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
811/.54080971
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
ISBN
9781459308695 1895837324
LCCN
PR9195.7
LCCN Item number
L38 1995eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
DLC
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (168 p.)
Published in
Canada
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00213703 (OCoLC)719733631 (CaOOCEL)407905
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
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DLC

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