Music—blessing or punishment? High art or an intrusive passion? Russian classics look into the inner world of a person living by creativity with rare insight.
The mystery of Mozart’s death. A tiny town hidden inside a music box. The fate of an outstanding violinist destroyed by alcohol. An ironic story about friendship between a double bass player and a flutist. The story of a blind boy who discovers reality through sounds. All of this—and more—in the collection “The Soul of a Musician,” which brings together prose about music by Russian authors: Zagoskin, Pushkin, Odoevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Korolenko, Chekhov, Kuprin, Bryusov, Paustovsky, Tsvetaeva.