The music of Charles-Valentin Alkan ,and of course, the legend of his Death by Talmud, were important in working out themes I used in The Magic Slate.
I couldn't find the Lentement from the early Trio in G Minor (the three musicans in Persian Lamb, 3 muses... about to play their version of the Trio that ends the novel.
Here are some Alkan links... can't say why or how--but they were as influential as any literary works.
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This, last shows its structural dependence on the classical strutures Alkan used to spin off from
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