Acknowledgments

I am deeply fortunate to be edited by Fred Ramey, represented by Terra Chalberg, and published by Unbridled Books—intelligent and generous people committed to the text entire.

Though I alone am responsible for any factual or musical errors contained in this work of fiction, two books informed my work: The Lives of the Great Composers by Harold C. Schonberg and What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copeland. I also gleaned information browsing such music composition websites as Music Theory Online: A Journal of Criticism, Commentary, Research, and Scholarship and The Harmonic Wheel. Sitting in on a master class given by the St. Lawrence String Quartet was invaluable to my research, as was observing sessions of the Conductors Institute of South Carolina.

My greatest debts are to the composers and performers of the many recordings and concerts that fueled my writing—and to David Bajo and Esme Bajo for their companionship and saving humor.