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  2. Mere Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Mere Christianity is a Christian apologetical book by the British author C. S. Lewis. It was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944, originally published as three separate volumes: Broadcast Talks (1942), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944).

  3. Sixpence None the Richer - Wikipedia

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    The name of the band is inspired by a passage from the book Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis discussing how children buying gifts for their parents with the parents' money means the parents are "None the Richer" monetarily but yet clearly there is value in the act (mirroring the Christian God/human dynamic, and notably pointing out the ...

  4. Argument from desire - Wikipedia

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    The most prominent recent defender of the argument from desire is the well-known Christian apologist C. S. Lewis (1898–1963). Lewis offers slightly different forms of the argument in works such as Mere Christianity (1952), The Pilgrim's Regress (1933; 3rd ed., 1943), Surprised by Joy (1955), and "The Weight of Glory" (1940). Unlike medieval ...

  5. Seven Ricercari (Gabrielli) - Wikipedia

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    Domenico Gabrielli wrote seven ricercari for solo cello in 1689, [1] some of the earliest pieces of music composed for cello in history. [2] [3] Some of the ricercars of the set are included in the RCM cello repertoire, [4] [5] and the set has been completely or partially recorded by cellists such as Josetxu Obregón, Anner Bylsma and Lisa ...

  6. Michel Corrette - Wikipedia

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    Aside from playing the organ and composing music, Corrette organized concerts and taught music. He wrote nearly twenty music method books for various instruments—the violin, cello, bass, flute, recorder, bassoon, harpsichord, harp, mandolin, voice and more—with titles such as l'Art de se perfectionner sur le violon (The Art of Playing the Violin Perfectly), le Parfait Maître à chanter ...

  7. Three Pieces for Solo Cello - Wikipedia

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    The work was recorded on a Portrait CD by Cybele in 2001, played by the composer, along with chamber music for recorder, clarinet and piano, including Gestural Variations. [3] Hubert Culot wrote in his review: "one of the most substantial pieces in this selection is the Three Pieces for Solo Cello Op.28 completed in 1996 and dedicated to ...

  8. The Most Reluctant Convert - Wikipedia

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    $1.205 million (Nov. 3, 2021 showing) [1] The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis is a 2021 British biographical drama film written and directed by Norman Stone, based on the 2016 stage play, C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert , by Max McLean [ 2 ] (which itself was based on Lewis' 1955 memoir Surprised by Joy ...

  9. William Pleeth - Wikipedia

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    Pleeth was a professor of cello at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London from 1948 to 1978. From 1977 he was a visiting professor at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music. He was much loved by his students, the most famous of them being Jacqueline du Pré, who named him her "cello daddy". She described him as "an ...