Discover the stories behind the world’s greatest classical music

Have you ever been listening to a beautiful piece of music and wondered about the story behind it?

Are you frustrated when reading about a musician and there is a lengthy, written description of  his music, when all you want to do is hear it?

This is the place where the sound of the music, and the story of the geniuses who bring it to life, come together.

The Sound of Genius

The Sound of Genius concept is about immersive reading experiences.

We believe that “writing about music is like painting a watercolor in black and white”. You must hear music to feel the color, to connect to the soul of the musician.

So we have created a new concept known as “immersive reading”. The ebook version of our novels allows readers to listen to the music as they read by clicking on embedded links.

Paperback and hard cover versions also show the links so readers can listen to the soundtrack on their cell phones or tablets.

Chopin's Last Manuscript book cover
An immersive historical novel

The story behind the music. The love behind the legend.

Enter Chopin’s world through a novel that lets you listen as the story unfolds.

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Curled up with this novel, phone beside me playing each piece as Chopin wrote it, I sobbed twice. The music unlocks his exile, longing, and love in ways words alone can’t.
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The manuscript
CHOPIN’S LAST MANUSCRIPT · CHAPTER 29

Chopin’s Sadness
and Forgiveness

An excerpt from the novel. When you reach the music link, click to listen and keep reading.

When we returned to the chateau, I felt Aurore’s love returning. I was still very weak, and she was so tender with me. She doted on me, and I welcomed the attention. My strength soon returned.

I pushed aside my recent doubts and fears about us as I began to play again one night.

She crept underneath the piano and lay there in her nightgown, weeping as I played.

Afterwards, I knelt next to her, brushed her tears away, took her hand, and implored her not to abandon our love, to come back to me. “Nous ne pouvons pas perdre ce que nous avons… S’il te plaît, fais que ton amour me revienne.”

She sat up and wrapped her arms around me, pulling me close to her. “Oh, my love, what have I done to cause you so much pain? Don’t you know that I adore you? You are my life. Never leave me.”

Then she kissed the tears running down my cheeks, and we lay there together murmuring apologies and exchanging loving caresses, just as it had always been. I returned to her bed that night once again. My heart was full.

The next few months were the most enjoyable that I can remember. Once again, I was composing. I completed two pieces I had been working on in Paris, the Impromptu in G Flat major and the Ballade in F minor.

END OF EXCERPT Continue the story in Chopin’s Last Manuscript.
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The Sound of Genius: Frédéric Chopin

This is Frédéric Chopin. He has a story to tell. One which has long been kept hidden. One which his lover George Sand tried to bury by destroying all of her letters to him.

They were one of the most famous couples of 19th century, and yet so little is known about their romance.

How was a virginal, prudish, fragile young man seduced by a mannish, polyamorous, older woman with two children?  And what led to the tragic end of their relationship?

The answers will be revealed in the new novel entitled “Chopin’s Last Manuscript“, the first in a series of novels introducing the immersive reading concept.  Click on Chopin-Listen to hear the soundtrack as you read.

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What Readers Are Saying

“I kept getting lost in the music.”

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“The characters are richly drawn, the pacing is pitch‑perfect, and the musical details add a haunting resonance.”

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“This book changed how I hear Chopin forever.”

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“Curled up with this novel, phone beside me playing each piece as Chopin wrote it I sobbed twice. The music unlocks his exile, longing, and love in ways words alone can’t. “

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“A world where passion and obsession echo as powerfully as Chopin’s own melodies.”

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