As a music lover, and a person who feels music tells a story, this article interested me. It begins with the belief that "life was mostly made of themes and variations." I too, agree with that. Gass tries to capture the spirit of music in his writings, but music composition, tonality etc., suffers in the replication of Schonbergs style in transfer to written words, rather than notes. I stayed with the article because of my interest in it, and you too might find it worth reading the review of the book Middle C. My feeling is that music has to tell a story in the mind of the listener. What do you think?
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