{"product_id":"the-last-breath","title":"The Last Breath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Breath,\u003c\/i\u003e Rene Orth (2012) 6'\u003cbr\u003efor pierrot ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e is an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu that has greatly influenced both the Eastern and Western military tactics, business strategy, philosophy and more. It is a highly regarded piece of literature around the world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Breath\u003c\/em\u003e is my musical interpretation of a small bit of Sun Tzu’s writings.  At the time, I was reading through the work in search for text for a different piece, but I happened to stumble across two sentences of advice that I found to be both challenging and inspiring. They serve as the basis of the piece: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-ln0p73th wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-ln0p73th\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"HcOXKn c9GqVL QxJLC3 lq2cno YQcXTT comp-ln0sa2rn1 wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-ln0sa2rn1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Physical Delivery \/ Score and Parts","offer_id":52536059494687,"sku":"JAT-166-036-SP","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF Download \/ Score and Parts","offer_id":52536059527455,"sku":"JAT-166-036-SPe","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/1586\/5887\/files\/PagesfromJAT-166-036-SP_TheLastBreath_00FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1778607978","url":"https:\/\/justatheorypress.com\/products\/the-last-breath","provider":"Just a Theory Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}