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Hi all, Sorry about the extremely vague title! I really enjoyed reading Images and ideas in modern French piano music : the extra-musical subtext in piano works by Ravel, Debussy, and Messiaen by Siglind Bruhn. This book includes 10-page descriptions of what's going on harmonically...

Hi All. My glaring lack of knowledge of classical music was thoroughly showcased the other day, when I was reading through "Thus spoke Zarathustra" by Nietzsche and it came to my attention that Strauss had made a piece based on the book. I was delighted at the discovery and very much looking...

I don't suppose there's any reason why we should assume that a fondness for literature - or an inclination to write fiction - would predispose someone towards classical music. Even so, I would have thought that a publisher's editor, or a proof reader, or someone else along the production line...