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Venise, 1704. Dans cette ville splendide, la misère n’est pas loin. Chaque jour, des fillettes sont abandonnées devant l’Ospedale della Pietà, institution célèbre pour son engagement musical. Anna Maria, l’une d’elles, s’est juré de devenir l’une des plus grandes compositrices de son temps. Le maestro remarque rapidement son inestimable talent et obtient des sœurs de lui donner des cours particuliers.
De instrumentalist – Harriet Constable RECENSIE
We smullen ervan, historische romans, gebaseerd op een waargebeurd feit. Met De instrumentalist schrijft Harriet Constable een fictieverhaal over het leven van Anna Maria della Pièta, de wereldberoemde violiste. Niet alleen was ze Vivaldi's beste leerling, ze werd ook zijn muze. Constable neemt ons mee naar het Venetië van 1704. Anna Maria della Pietà weet één ding zeker, ze zal niet eindigen zoals veel andere kinderen in weeshuis Santa Maria della Fava.
De instrumentalist
De wees Anna Maria mag dan geen naam, bezit of familie hebben, maar ze heeft talent én ambitie. Haar hoop is gevestigd op haar vioolleraar, Antonio Vivaldi. Het duurt niet lang voor ze zijn sterpupil is. Maar het najagen van die ambitie zal alles wat ze liefheeft op de proef stellen.
I discovered a new side to Venice through its music
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I discovered a new side to Venice through its music
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I discovered a new side to Venice through its music
La Fenice opera house has suffered three fires during its two centuries in existence - Alamy Generate Key Takeaways Dusk was setting when I first stepped foot on Venice, armed with my laptop and a suitcase full of books. It was January 2022; I was one of the first tourists to arrive post-pandemic. I clambered off the Vaporetto water taxi to see gulls cutting circles in the sky, bellies lit gold by the day’s last breath.
The Instrumentalist
. Aug. 2024. 10:55 hrs. ISBN 9781797182032. $25.99. F COPY ISBN Narrator Emilia Clarke channels the intensity of journalist and filmmaker Constable’s atmospheric debut, charting the life and legacy of composer and virtuoso violinist Anna Maria della Pietà (1696–1782). Anna Maria was raised in Venice’s Ospedale della Pietà, a convent and orphanage known for producing exemplary musicians through its world-renowned music school.
PODCAST: Harriet Constable and Her Commitment to Crafting a Narrative That Brings the Past to Life
Harriet Constable talks to Cheryl about her unconventional path to writing, her immersive research process in Venice, and the significant historical themes she explores in her work. Her latest novel, The Instrumentalist, is out now. Harriet Constable is a writer and filmmaker based in London. Her debut novel, The Instrumentalist, sold to Bloomsbury following a seven-way auction in the UK, Simon & Schuster in the US and Harper Collins in Canada.
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A dazzling historical debut set in eighteenth-century Venice, about the woman written out of the story of one of history's greatest musical masterpieces 'Enthralling, passionate, vivid. The Instrumentalist is a marvel' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'I was swept away by this searing portrait of ambition and betrayal' Elizabeth Macneal _________________________________________________________ Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.
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The true story of Anna Maria della Pietà, a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and ultimately became his star musician. Anna Maria has only known life inside the Pietà, an orphanage for children born of prostitutes. But the girls of the Pietà are lucky in a sense: most babies born of their station were drowned in the city’s canals. And despite the strict rules, the girls are given singing and music lessons from an early age.
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Join us for an evening with debut novelist Harriet Constable, who will be discussing her debut novel The Instrumentalist with A.K. Blakemore (The Glutton, The Manningtree Witches), a dazzling story of ambition, talent and passion based on real-life seventeenth-century Venetian violinist and composer Anna Maria. Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.
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She Was a Pioneering but Forgotten Musician. Now She's a Literary Hero. Original
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Harriet Constable The Instrumentalist
When I began research for my book, I only knew that Vivaldi had worked in an orphanage in Venice the majority of his career, and that hundreds of orphan women and girls had received a musical education there. But soon one name started to rise to the surface – Anna Maria della Pietà. A prodigy violinist, I learned that she was Vivaldi’s favourite pupil, and that he had composed music and purchased a violin just for her.
The Instrumentalist
A dazzling historical debut set in eighteenth-century Venice, about the woman written out of the story of one of history's greatest musical masterpieces **An Observer Debut Novelist of 2024** **Selected as a book of 2024 by the New Statesman and the BBC** 'Enthralling, passionate, vivid.
The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
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A stunning debut novel of music, intoxication, and betrayal inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Pietà, a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and ultimately became his star musician—and his biggest muse. Anna Maria della Pietà was destined to drown in one of Venice’s canals. Instead, she became the greatest violinist of the 18th century. Anna Maria has only known life inside the Pietà, an orphanage for children born of prostitutes.
The Instrumentalist
A stunning debut novel of music, intoxication, and betrayal inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Pietà, a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and ultimately became his star musician—and his biggest muse. Anna Maria della Pietà was destined to drown in one of Venice’s canals. Instead, she became the greatest violinist of the 18th century. Anna Maria has only known life inside the Pietà, an orphanage for children born of prostitutes.
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