Dave Mepham wrote: >For an excellent novel about music and musicians, I can strongly recommend >An Equal Music by Vikram Seth. Well researched, and well written. There's >not many books that feature the esteemed Harold Moores Records in London... I'd also add "Concierto barroco" (Baroque Concert) by cuban Alejo Carpentier. It wasl written following a Vivaldi's opera based in mexican emperor Moctezuma -?was it real?. Some of its caracters are Vivaldi himself, Domenico Scarlatti and Haendel, that gather together to play a concert in Venice, during the Carnival. The Story ends with the blackman -"negrito"- Filomento -a former mexican slave- listening to Louis Armstrong. Enjoy, Pablo Gamba Caracas, Venezuela [log in to unmask]