The Universe in 3/4 Time

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Francombe, Leona, author

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"When a mysterious World War II piano appears on a Brussels street one winter's night, no one could have imagined the events it would set in motion--least of all Audrey Nightingale, the pianist who...

"When a mysterious World War II piano appears on a Brussels street one winter's night, no one could have imagined the events it would set in motion--least of all Audrey Nightingale, the pianist who comes across it. The instrument, of finest rosewood, bears the name of an obscure Czech manufacturer, and inside it, someone has carved a Pythagorean symbol. Audrey convinces two musician friends to help her make sense of this portentous discovery. At the heart of their quest is an extraordinary man: Konstantine Zar, charismatic philosopher-musician from Prague who, during the darkest months of the Occupation in the 1940s, mesmerized his fellow students at the Brussels Conservatory with ideas of universal harmony and the redemptive power of music--antique concepts once revered that must, Zar urged, be revived, to counter the depravity and violence into which Europe was slipping.From the cobbled backwaters of old Brussels to a Black Forest hideaway...from ghostly Prague to a remote cabin in the Pyrenees, Audrey and her companions set off to uncover the explosive truths behind the abandoned piano, a journey that illuminates not only Zar and his miraculous love story, but also forgotten secrets of music known to the ancients."--back cover

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