noahmack

I have never personally read a more alluring description of a musical piece than this one of Pachelbel's "Canon in D major" from the book Taltos, by Anne Rice:

"Had there ever been a more plaintive piece of music, anything more frankly abandoned to romance? The music swelled, transcending the contraints of the baroque, trumpets, strings, harpsichord now singing their overlapping melodies with a heartrending richness so that the music seemed both timeless and utterly from the heart."

I am a hopelessly pitiful romantic.