Comments on: Book Review: VIVALDI’S VIRGINS, by Barbara Quick http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/book-review-vivaldis-virgins-by-barbara-quick/ ruminations of an author and violin student Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:42:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thedarkphantom http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/book-review-vivaldis-virgins-by-barbara-quick/#comment-30 thedarkphantom Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:51:32 +0000 http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-30 Thank you so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment! Barbara, it was such a nice surprise to receive a comment from the author of the book herself. Thanks! My brother bought me a copy of your book for Christmas and I plan to read it soon. I will post my review of it here as well. best, Mayra Thank you so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment!

Barbara, it was such a nice surprise to receive a comment from the author of the book herself. Thanks!

My brother bought me a copy of your book for Christmas and I plan to read it soon. I will post my review of it here as well.

best,
Mayra

]]> By: pandemonic http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/book-review-vivaldis-virgins-by-barbara-quick/#comment-29 pandemonic Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:14:31 +0000 http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-29 This is a great review! This is a great review!

]]> By: Barbara Quick http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/book-review-vivaldis-virgins-by-barbara-quick/#comment-28 Barbara Quick Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:32:18 +0000 http://violinandbooks.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-28 What a thoughtful, sensitive review, Terez! What I love most about reviews on blogs is that I can say thank you to the fine minds behind the words. I had a professional violinist read my manuscript before the final draft, wanting to capture the intimate details of the musician's relationship to her instrument. Now I wish that I had also been able to show it to you. I'm sure I projected a great deal of my own relationship, not only to music but also to writing as a way of life and a path of salvation. I very much identified with Anna Maria. Readers who would like to learn more about the historical Anna Maria, Vivaldi (what we know of him) and the Ospedale della Pieta--as well as to read the story of how VIVALDI'S VIRGINS came to be written--might want to visit my website: http://www.BarbaraQuick.com A click on "Music of Vivaldi's Virgins" will yield a free podcast of music discussed in the novel. It makes a nice accompaniment to reading the novel. All best wishes! What a thoughtful, sensitive review, Terez! What I love most about reviews on blogs is that I can say thank you to the fine minds behind the words.

I had a professional violinist read my manuscript before the final draft, wanting to capture the intimate details of the musician’s relationship to her instrument. Now I wish that I had also been able to show it to you.

I’m sure I projected a great deal of my own relationship, not only to music but also to writing as a way of life and a path of salvation. I very much identified with Anna Maria.

Readers who would like to learn more about the historical Anna Maria, Vivaldi (what we know of him) and the Ospedale della Pieta–as well as to read the story of how VIVALDI’S VIRGINS came to be written–might want to visit my website:
http://www.BarbaraQuick.com

A click on “Music of Vivaldi’s Virgins” will yield a free podcast of music discussed in the novel. It makes a nice accompaniment to reading the novel.

All best wishes!

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