From the first note I knew it was different from anything I had ever heard.. It began simply, but with an arresting phrase, so simple, but eloquent as a human voice. It spoke, beckoning gently as it unwound, rising and tensing. It spiraled upward, the tension growing with each repeat of the phrasing, and yet somehow it grew more abandoned, wilder with each note. His eyes remained closed as his fingers flew over the strings, spilling forth surely more notes than were possible from a single violin. For one mad moment I actually thought there were more of them, an entire orchestra of violins spilling out of this one instrument. I had never heard anything like it--it was poetry and seduction and light and shadow and every other contradiction I could think of. It seemed impossible to breathe while listening to that music, and yet all I was doing was breathing, quite heavily. The music itself had become as palpable a presence in that room as another person would have been--and its presence was something out of myth. Deanna Raybourn
About This Quote

The idea of music being able to mesmerize us is not a new one. In the Ancient Greek, the word “myth” has two meanings. It can refer to an event that is believed to be true, but that never actually happened. Or, it can refer to an event that is believed to have happened but was based on a myth.

I think this quote captures both meanings. The music in this story is so transcendent that it makes the listener believe in the music even when they are not hearing it.

Source: Silent In The Grave

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