![]() ![]() Orpheus, the greatest musician in the world, refuses to accept her death and descends to the underworld, where he sings so persuasively that Hades allows him to take back his bride, only to lose her again (in most versions of the tale) because of lingering doubt and weakness. In it, Eurydice dies of a snake bite on her wedding day. The parable of love lost and almost restored by the power of music’s irresistible rhetoric is practically an article of faith for those who want to believe music can express more than mere words. Musicians and music-lovers through the ages have found the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice compelling. ![]()
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