Symphony of Seduction by Christopher Lawrence art-history I sometimes think that I

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Symphony of Seduction by Christopher Lawrence art-history I sometimes think that IBerlioz should know. He didnt just hear the symphony when he fell in love with an Irish actress back in 1827, he wrote it. What was love like for the people who could really feel that song coming on? Symphony of Seduction tells of the romantic misadventures, tragedies and occasional triumphs of some of classical musics great composers, and traces the music that emerged as a result. For the eccentric Erik Satie, love came just once and even then, not