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A recurring element throughout the plot is the pair's performance of [[Beethoven's Piano Trio Opus 1]] No.3, which they first perform in their college days. | A recurring element throughout the plot is the pair's performance of [[Beethoven's Piano Trio Opus 1]] No.3, which they first perform in their college days. | ||
Seth together with [[Philippe Honoré (violinist)|Philippe Honoré]] marketed a double CD of the music mentioned in ''An Equal Music'', performed by Honoré.<ref name="amazonemcd">{{citation |url=https://www.amazon.com/Vikram-Seth-Johann-Sebastian-Bach/dp/B00003OO0L |title=Amazon: An Equal Music (CD) |publisher=[[Amazon.com]]}}.</ref> | |||
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The book was especially well received by musical fans, who noted the accuracy of Seth's descriptions of music. | The book was especially well received by musical fans, who noted the accuracy of Seth's descriptions of music.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} | ||
[[Paolo Isotta]], one of Italy's most significant music critics, wrote in the influential newspaper ''[[Il Corriere della Sera]]'' of the Italian translation that no European writer had ever shown such a knowledge of [[European classical music]], nor had any European novel before managed to convey the psychology, the technical abilities, even the human potentialities of those who practise music for a living.<ref name="albertazzi">{{citation |periodical=European Review |date=20 January 2005|volume=13 |pages=103–113 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/S1062798705000104 |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=276618 |first=Silvia |last=Albertazzi |title=An equal music, an alien world: postcolonial literature and the representation of European culture}}.</ref> | [[Paolo Isotta]], one of Italy's most significant music critics, wrote in the influential newspaper ''[[Il Corriere della Sera]]'' of the Italian translation that no European writer had ever shown such a knowledge of [[European classical music]], nor had any European novel before managed to convey the psychology, the technical abilities, even the human potentialities of those who practise music for a living.<ref name="albertazzi">{{citation |periodical=European Review |date=20 January 2005|volume=13 |pages=103–113 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/S1062798705000104 |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=276618 |first=Silvia |last=Albertazzi |title=An equal music, an alien world: postcolonial literature and the representation of European culture}}.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:31, 20 September 2021
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Vikram Seth |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Phoenix House |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 383 pages (first edition, hardcover), 400 pages (hardcover edition) & 400 pages (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 1-86159-117-9 (first edition, hardcover), (ISBN 0-7679-0291-2 (hardcover edition) & ISBN 0-375-70924-X (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 41381950 |
An Equal Music (1999) is a novel by Vikram Seth.
Plot[edit | edit source]
The plot concerns Michael, a professional violinist, who never forgot his love for Julia, a pianist he met as a student in Vienna. They meet again after a decade, and conduct a secret affair, though she is married and has one child. Their musical careers are affected by this affair and the knowledge that Julia is going deaf.
A recurring element throughout the plot is the pair's performance of Beethoven's Piano Trio Opus 1 No.3, which they first perform in their college days.
Seth together with Philippe Honoré marketed a double CD of the music mentioned in An Equal Music, performed by Honoré.[1]
Reception[edit | edit source]
The book was especially well received by musical fans, who noted the accuracy of Seth's descriptions of music.[citation needed]
Paolo Isotta, one of Italy's most significant music critics, wrote in the influential newspaper Il Corriere della Sera of the Italian translation that no European writer had ever shown such a knowledge of European classical music, nor had any European novel before managed to convey the psychology, the technical abilities, even the human potentialities of those who practise music for a living.[2]
Works referenced[edit | edit source]
Several musical works figure prominently in An Equal Music. Among these are the Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert, the String Quintet in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, and The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Amazon: An Equal Music (CD), Amazon.com.
- ↑ Albertazzi, Silvia (20 January 2005), "An equal music, an alien world: postcolonial literature and the representation of European culture", European Review, vol. 13, Cambridge University Press, pp. 103–113, doi:10.1017/S1062798705000104.
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