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2:5. Forgetting Salieri—Uchronias
Startling counterfactual short story. How dark arts destroyed Antonio Salieri鈥檚 legacy.
2:4. Sounds and Scents Swirl through the Evening Air—Uchronias
Short story. How Claude Debussy鈥檚 music 鈥榯ook off鈥� following a chance meeting with a yogi.
2:3. The Royal Privilege—Uchronias
Startling counterfactual story. How Jean-Baptiste Lully鈥檚 death was brought on by vanity.
2:2. A Souvenir from Staffa—Uchronias
Startling counterfactual story. How Felix Mendelssohn was blessed and blighted by a curse.
2:1. The Mewing of Cats—Uchronias
Counterfactual story. How Maurice Ravel silenced his critics with the help of his 鈥榝amily鈥�
5. Holger Czukay: The Man in the Machine Room—Almost Famous
Ian Sansom reflects on changing cultural values through five almost-famous reputations.
4. Barbara Comyns in Limbo—Almost Famous
Ian Sansom reflects on changing cultural values through five almost-famous reputations.
3. Re-classifying Gwen Raverat—Almost Famous
Ian Sansom reflects on changing cultural values through five almost-famous reputations.
2. Charlotte Mew on the Threshold—Almost Famous
Ian Sansom reflects on changing cultural values through five almost-famous reputations.
1. Granville Bantock: Disappearing Giant—Almost Famous
Ian Sansom reflects on changing cultural values through five almost-famous reputations.
