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John Eliot Gardiner

Born

in The United Kingdom

April 20, 1943

Website

http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/

Genre

Music

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner is an English conductor.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,795 ratings · 215 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven 4.08 avg rating — 1,791 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speaking Musically by Raymond Holden (Editor), Neville Marriner (Contributor), Charles Mackerras (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Gegenwart der musikalischen Vergangenheit. Meisterwerke der Musik in der Dirigenten- Werkstatt. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	ORCHESTRA REVOLUTIONNARIE ET ROMANTIQUE - PLAYBILL - JANUARY 2006 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monteverdi and His Constellation: A Renaissance Biography of Music and Science in the Tudor Era 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bach:27th Sunday After Trinity 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romantics: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 - Orchestre Revolutionnaire Et Romantique by Alan Rich, John Eliot Gardiner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Many people remember that when in 1977 the Voyager spacecraft was launched, opinions were canvassed as to what artefacts would be most appropriate to leave in outer space as a signal of man's cultural achievements on earth. The American astronomer Carl Sagan proposed that 'if we are to convey something of what humans are about then music has to be a part of it.' To Sagan's request for suggestions, the eminent biologist Lewis Thomas answered, 'I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.' After a pause, he added, 'But that would be boasting.”
― John Eliot Gardiner, Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven

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“Music is the hidden arithmetical exercise of a mind unconscious that it is calculating.”
― John Eliot Gardiner, Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven

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“Monteverdi gives us the full gamut of human pssions in music, the first composer to do so; Beethoven tells us what a terrible struggle it is to transcend human frailties and to aspire to the Godhead; and Mozart shows the kind of music we might hope to hear in heaven. But it is Bach, making music in the Castle of Heaven, who gives us the voice of God - in human form.”
― John Eliot Gardiner, Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven

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