Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Musical Ascent of Herman Being Characters

Herman Being – Was trying to broaden his horizon by music appreciation, made one attempt at classical music was ready to toss, but was taken on a journey to learn to appreciate and understand that down through the ages, others have had the same concerns about the level of comprehension of artistic styles of music.

Lyall Pratt – Was Herman’s boss who swindled him out of a job and later shot him.

Aunt Irene – Sets Herman up with a date, and encourages him in further attempts to appreciate artistic styles of music.

Jean – Jean is the women that Aunt Irene sets Herman up with and over time the grow to love each other, she also studying to obtain a graduate degree in music.

Duncan Latren – Was a fellow graduate that prided himself on critiquing the masters except for Mozart and the one piece that he adored, the composer (Mozart) poked fun at his composition and style and all the composers who lacked the talent that he had, but made a decent living appealing to the masses.

Marvin Grossman – The lawyer that reminds Herman of Perry Mason, who takes the case for the law suit against him by Lyall Pratt who shot him.

Ben Walden –An acquaintance to Aunt Jean and mentor to Herman in the concerns of music.

Sylvia Glantz –Reportedly one of the greatest pianist in the book, and cleverly concealed herself and used Herman to critique her, and complemented Jean for her choice in suitors.

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