The Music of Erich Zann

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"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short horror story by H. P. Lovecraft about a mute viol player whose eerie music holds back terrifying otherworldly forces.

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The Music of Erich Zann canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction
short story
weird fiction
author H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
linked to: H. P. Lovecraft
centralTheme cosmic horror
the power of music
the unknown
characterOccupation viol player
characterTrait mute
copyrightStatusInUnitedStates public domain
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPublishedIn The National Amateur
form prose fiction
genre horror
supernatural fiction
weird fiction
hasAdaptation audio drama adaptations
comic adaptations
short film adaptations
hasSubject fear of the infinite
isolation
madness
includedInCollection Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
The Dunwich Horror and Others
linked to: The Dunwich Horror
influenced later horror writers
language English
literaryMovement weird tale tradition
mainCharacter Erich Zann
motif forbidden knowledge
otherworldly music
narrativePointOfView first-person
originalPublicationYear 1922
partOf Cthulhu Mythos-related fiction
plotElement music used to hold back supernatural forces
protagonist unnamed student narrator
publicationTypeOfFirstAppearance amateur magazine
setting Rue d’Auseil
settingType European city
titleCharacter Erich Zann
tone claustrophobic
eerie
wordCountApproximate 6000–7000 words

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H. P. Lovecraft notableWork The Music of Erich Zann
The Music of Erich Zann mainCharacter Erich Zann
linked to: The Music of Erich Zann
The Music of Erich Zann titleCharacter Erich Zann
linked to: The Music of Erich Zann