Soul Music
core novel 1994 Discworld
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (89,236 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 237 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575055049 |
Synopsis
A young harpist named Imp y Celyn arrives in Ankh-Morpork hoping to make his name, but finding himself unable to afford the Musicians' Guild's fees, he joins forces with a troll and a dwarf to form an unlicensed band. After his harp is destroyed, he picks up a strange guitar carrying within it the memory of a primal, world-shaping kind of music, and begins performing under the name Buddy. The music proves to have a will of its own, sustaining Buddy through danger and spreading a contagious, addictive influence across the city that pushes other musicians and their fans into increasingly wild behavior.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Death core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Death: position 3 of 5: previous Reaper Man (1991) · next Hogfather (1996)
Sources
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