Fascinating! I read SoYW about 15 years ago. Something about it intrigued me enough to read a second time, somthing I rarely do. It so happens that chopin is my favorite composer, and C#minor, my favorite key. I always thought there is something quite melancholy about that particular key, having a preference for monor keys in particular.

I think Chopin's Funeral March would suit Werther endlessly.

Reminds me of Novalis, one of my favorite authors. He was associated with German idealist philosophers but also is known as a Romanticist. He wrote a type of surrealistic science. He was a polymath and poet. He saw that chemistry evolved from alchemy and wondered what other sciences would evolve. The bulk of his nonfiction work has only been recently translated into English. This is a name that will come up often when looking at the text of classical music.

Professor Ferguson: you are excellent!

Good analysis, Rick.

Good lecture. And, yes, that Nocturne should be called "The Bipolar."

Ah, yes, the original Emo Boys 🖤

Why do you pronounce Werther "VeyrTEYR"? It's pronounced VERter.

I am from Bangladesh. I like this novel. My life is going on like werther. I gonna die. Please pray for me.