A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare: Win a Digital ARC

A Lady By Midnight

A few weeks back, I was tweeting and talking on the podcast about how much I enjoyed the third book in Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove series, A Lady By Midnight (A | BN | K | S). Avon kindly offered up 5 digital ARCs to help me soothe my feelings of guilt for talking about a book so far before the on-sale date. Super easy and quick giveaway ahoy!

If you'd like to win a digital ARC of A Lady By Midnight, leave a comment below and tell me your favorite piece of classical music (the heroine, Kate, is a music teacher in Spindle Cove).

I'll share one of mine: one of my absolute favorites is the second movement to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which you can hear (and watch from a 1952 Carnegie Hall performance) on YouTube. The first movement of the 5th is pretty bad ass, but the second movement is my favorite. 

And if you don't like classical music, you can still enter! TV themes, jazz, instrumental interstitials to commercials, they all totally count. Feel free to post a link to the piece of music you're suggesting, too. This will be one loud entry when I figure out how to make them auto play all at once.

There are no restrictions geographically for this giveaway but please know that winners will need an account with Edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com. The eARCs expire on the book’s on sale date, which is 28 August 2012.

If you're confused about what devices you can use, your questions may be answered at the Edelweiss site.

Standard disclaimers apply: I'm not being compensated for this giveaway, except that I read an ARC a week or so ago. Void where prohibited. Must be over 18 years of age and driving a wagon in order to win. Your mileage may vary. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. Never sass a librarian or a music teacher.

You've got until 11:59pm ET Saturday 16 June, and I'll be picking the winners at random from all your musical suggestions. Ready, set, go!

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  1. R.Savage says:

    My absolute favorite is Listz’s Liebestraume. Had this one played at my wedding.

    Coming in second is Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King (followed by just about anything else of his) which is so much fun to play on the bassoon … hearing it come up on shuffle on my Zune makes me want to dust the instrument off that’s been sitting neglected in my closet for so long.

    I’m also very partial to marches for some odd reason. All kinds – military, funeral – I just love a good march.

  2. Kristen R. says:

    My favorite classical piece by far is Pachebel’s Canon.  Especially since it spawned this hilariously wonderful rant:  http://youtu.be/JdxkVQy7QLM  😀

  3. I have so many favorites. If we’re talking about straight music-only classical music, I’d say probably Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”. If I can include opera selections, I’m going to go with “Der Halle Roche” from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” (and anyone who wants to look it up should look up the Diana Damrau version – I’ve heard a LOT of people perform it, but no one gets those high notes quite like she does).

  4. I have to say, although I’m sure others find it simple…that I’m in love with the First Arabesque by Claude Debussy.  There are so many that I can sit and listen to, or drive and listen to; many are mentioned in others’ above comments Canon in D (even before I knew it to be ‘wedding music’).  Certain music, no matter the genre (like books) can touch a heart, especially mine.  I love Tessa Dare’s books, but it amazes me how a well-written book can encompass so wonderfully different people, their personalities, and their talents.  That is how I get lost in Dare’s ‘worlds’.  I love it!  So, Claude Debussy.

  5. Lori says:

    One of my faves is Vivaldi Concerto in D for flute, just cause it’s so damn much fun to play. I first learned it when I was 10, and still love to play it.

  6. Trish says:

    My favorite “classic” is Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. 🙂

  7. Rene S says:

    I love the Ode to Joy and Pachelbel’s Canon in D. (There’s a Green Day song where the bass follows the Canon—Google tells me it’s Basket Case, but every time I hear it I think of it as Green Day’s Canon in D.)

    But one of my favorite pieces of music is Dave Brubeck’s Take 5. (

    I love this song. (Actually the entire album, Time Out, is incredible, but this is the song that got me hooked on the album.)

  8. EmDempster says:

    I don’t know many classical pieces by name, so I’ll go with Pachelbel’s Canon in D since it reminds me of my wedding. Thanks so much for doing this giveaway, I squealed when I saw the tweet about it. So excited for this book!

  9. jliedl says:

    I’ll go with Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne today – a lovely concert choir piece.

    I’m so excited for another Tessa Dare book!

  10. Julieinduvall says:

    My favorite would have to be Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. The local classical station typically plays it during a full moon. If the Seattle cloud cover lifts enough to see the moon, stars, and midnight sky during the piece, it’s a magical experience.

  11. Jules says:

    My family has a yearly tradition of going to see the Cleveland Orchestra play an American themed fourth of July bash featuring music from American composers… and one Russian. I LOVE hearing The 1812th Overture played with real cannons being fired!

    I also used to really love listening to Cinemagic on XM in my car, but they made it online only 🙁 No more fun movie scores on my drive to work…

    My favorite movie score piece? The Riders of Rohan theme from The Two Towers. For a while I was claiming it was the song I would be walking down the aisle to 🙂

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

  12. Jenni A. says:

    I could listen to St Saens “The Swan” on repeat for the rest of my life and never grow weary of it. I must have 6 versions of it on my iPod and have even created a “The Swan” Pandora station. It’s just the perfect mix of melancholy and breathless anticipation.



  13. Alexis says:

    I used to be a closet classical music junkie. I even had a CD of Baroque music I listened to on repeat in HS (when I took a break from Green Day, NIN, and Tool). Favorites would be Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, some of Mozart’s concertos and Beethoven’s symphonies. (I can’t remember exact titles.) Now when I’m in the mood for that tone of music, I listen to my epic movie score station on Pandora.

  14. cin says:

    Right now, it’s Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.  My son plays it so beautifully on the piano.  I smile and sigh and relax every time I hear it.

  15. Brenda Gayle says:

    I’ve always been a sucker for Tchaikovsky. My favorite is his Pathetique (sixth symphony), especially the third movement. I remember playing it in our high school band. I’m not sure my fingers run fast enough over the keys of my clarinet to do it anymore.

  16. SharonD says:

    I totally agree with Habanera from Carmen, and who doesn’t love Moonlight Sonata/Beethoven, but my absolute fave is Liebestraum No. 3/Liszt.  Here’s a listen



  17. KRGrille says:

    How about a little Metallica via Apocalyptica? A gorgeous string cover of “Nothing Else Matters”. Love this SO much.


  18. CC Bridges says:

    I have to share some love for Nightwish. They are a Finnish power metal band, and their first lead singer lent an operatic note to their powerful instrumentals. “I Wish I had an Angel” is probably the well more known songs of hers:

    Although one of my favorite songs is with their second lead singer:

  19. Redheadedgirl says:

    I’ve been very fond of Danse Macabre, but my favorite is Orrf’s Carmina Bursna. When I was in college as the same town as my grandfather, he had season tickets to the Duluth Symphony, and we would go.  He assured me I would adore Carmina Burana, and I did. There was a video going around of a flash mob doing part of the third movement segueing into O Fortuna in a train station, and it’s amazing.

  20. GiantSquidFTW says:

    Dvorak’s 9th “The New World” Symphony. I never tire of listening to it because it has so many nuances and wonderful melodies. Plus, you can hear where certain popular music (such as the theme from “Jaws”) was “borrowed” from.

  21. Adele Walsh says:

    Dario Martinelli’s score to Pride and Prejudice (2005) is absolutely divine (and not technically classical).  Makes me inwardly swoon from its beauty every time I hear it -whether or not Mr Darcy is on my mind.

  22. Emily says:

    I love Mozart’s Serenade for Winds. 

  23. Nali says:

    It is so hard to pick a “favorite”, because classical music, for me, depends so much on what mood I am in.
    I do have soft spots for Stravinsky’s Firebird and for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, though.

    Since you mentioned jazz, I will tell you that the one recording of instrumental music I can *always* listen to happily is Miles Davis’ Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud.

  24. Cheryl says:

    My all time favorite is Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”. So much so, I walked down the aisle to this piece of music. 🙂

    And Kate, being a piano teacher, probably would have loved it as well if it hadn’t been written after her time. Here’s a link if you want to listen.



  25. JennyPenny says:

    I’m a sucker for cellos. So I love the Game of Thrones theme. Seriously that cellist must’ve had a ball recording that. But my favorite is probably Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G major.

    I’ve got a classical anthology where that is followed by The Planets Suite by Holst which is just back to back chills for me.

     

  26. Vi says:

    I don’t listen to classical music. I love the X-Files theme.

  27. Monijoe2001 says:

    Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 !  I need to read A Lady by Midnight now 🙂

  28. Cmguza says:

    Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, 4th movement (just saw it live 2 weeks ago!); Copland’s Simple Gifts & Fanfare for the Common Man; Dvorak’s New World Symphony; any movie score by Howard Shore, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard or James Horner.  How can I pick just one piece of music?!?! 

  29. Kerryjcj says:

    Okay, this is sooo not classical, but my favorite is the theme from Trueblood – kinda cheesy huh?  LOL Its my ringtone too and my husband hates it 🙂

  30. Lyonsjtba says:

    The moonlight sonita’s from Beethoven.  And you have to love the music from the Nutcracker and Swan Lake

  31. Sharon Muha says:

    I have a tie for favorites: Liebesträume No. 3 by Franz Liszt and Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. I played an easy version of Liebesträume No. 3 at my very first piano recital for my paternal grandparents. It was “their song” and that was the only recital of mine they got to attend.

    A couple years later, I played a medium-difficulty version of Moonlight Sonata at a piano recital. Both pieces never fail to soothe me no matter how turbulent my day is going.

  32. It’s a tossup between Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets and Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition.  I also have a soft spot for Pachelbel’s Canon in D (used it in my wedding).  I was a band nerd in high school so I had a pretty good handle on classical music that still follows me (I hear a piece we performed, my ears perk up and my fingers twitch).

  33. Elizabeth H. says:

    I love requiems. They are just so haunting and powerful and emotional.

  34. I really love The Carnival of Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, one of my favorite movements being The Aquarium.  I’m so excited about A Lady by Midnight, as I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the stories in the Spindle Cove series so far. 🙂  I love the way Tessa Dare weaves her research so seamlessly into the books. 

  35. AuburnGirl says:

    My favorite is by Wagner…Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod

    I have been counting down the days till Kate’s story comes out. I keep checking the release date hoping it changes.

  36. Kathleen says:

    Some may not think this is classical, but I love Gershwins Raphsody in Blue… and also love.. “Tongiht We Love’ which originated from Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto 1

  37. Danielle TBQ says:

    I enjoy good classical (sometimes) but I don’t really have a favorite, as I rarely put the music on myself. If I do hear it, it’s usually on TV or the radio, and I don’t usually catch the title. 🙂

    However, although it’s not classical by any stretch, I LOVE the Celtic Woman. Beautiful music, beautiful voices, and when you watch their performances—wow! 🙂 Especially Mairead, who dances around the stage as she plays her, I believe, violin (?). If you haven’t heard them before, I highly suggest checking them out! 😀

    Enjoy!
    Danielle (TBQ)

  38. KarenZ says:

    Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

  39. Mikaela Lind says:

    I am not a classic fan, but I love Bergakungens hall ( In the Mountainking’s hall. Or something like that), mainly since it tells a story.

  40. Kirsten Laurie says:

    I do enjoy classical music, however nothing comes immediately to my mind (I guess I don’t listen to it as often as I’d like to believe).  I am, however, an extreme fan of soundtracks and of classic Celtic music, like Enya.  (I after all got into Enya by listening to The Lord of the Rings soundtrack over and over and… well yeah.) 

    The soundtrack from James Cameron’s Avatar is one of my favorites, and probably the one that I listen to the most.  It’s hard to decide which one I like best, but I will go with Climbing Up “Iknimaya”- The Path to Heaven.  I love vocal harmonies, which is what draws me to the soundtrack the most.  They are so beautiful and really inspire me.

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