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Christina Vaughan
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Beethoven's Encore in the 21st Century
C C. Vaughan, author

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)

A companion piano CD with relevant music is available on Amazon. It's titled Beethoven's Encore in the 21st Century.

My life, that is this life now, began some time after my death in 1827. I don’t know how long I slept. The only thing I remember was that I was walking with Wolfgang Mozart in a beautiful green meadow studded with fragrant white flowers. That was where I decided my future, for better or worse. 

“Wolfgang, how long do you think I have been here?”

“It’s timeless here, Ludwig, how can I tell?”

“Are we to remain here forever? The peace is getting to me. What can we do?”

“You can listen to heavenly music and wander the fields and woods. Hear the music?”

“Yes, but it’s extremely boring. Who wrote it? I’d like to give them some lessons. I long for the passion of composing, and composing passionate music.”

Mozart shrugged his shoulders. “We can compose if we so desire, but who will hear it? I haven’t been able to find any paper and quills or I would write just for something interesting to do.”

“Who can compose in this void with this mind-numbing serene angelic music constantly assaulting my ears? I almost wish I were deaf again so I wouldn’t have to listen to it and could hear my own compositions in my head.”

Mozart picked a flower and stuck it in a buttonhole of his vest. “I know what you’re thinking, Ludwig, because I’ve thought it myself, but things have changed on Earth, and not for the better. I’ve heard from new arrivals that it’s more tumultuous than ever. Bigger wars, more noise, more people, more police!”

“Good! I want to go back! I want to write my tenth symphony! That atmosphere should help me compose even more wild and passionate music than before.”

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