In the beginning of "Rebel Music" by Daniel Felsenfeld, the main character is 17 years old and is living in Orange County, California. He was attracted to music for reasons he could not explain and according to him was from "the least musical of families". Some afternoons he would go over to his friend's house and listen to cassette tapes. One of these tapes changed the character's life. His friend Mike started to play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and this was the first time the character actually heard music. He described it as "the most beautiful thing I ever heard". He had a passion for classical music and decided to become a composer. After going to school to become a composer, he moved to New York and continued to write and listen to classical music.
