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An Equal Music nor had any European novel before managed to convey the psychology, the technical abilities, even the human potentialities of those who practise music for a living. Several musical works figure prominently in "An Equal Music". Among these are the Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert, the String Quintet in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, and "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. An Equal Music An Equal Music (1999) is a novel by Vikram Seth. The plot concerns Michael, a professional violinist, who never forgot his love for Julia, a pianist he met as a student in Vienna. They meet