Music is an art that speaks in a special way about transience and death, provides comfort, but also lends its voice to rebellion. How does it do this? Peter Gülke offers a variety of answers in this book and poses fundamental questions. With unmatched linguistic power and in inspiring thought movements, he describes musical, literary, and personal experiences with transience, farewell, and death. In doing so, he presents reflections of general interest, often extending beyond music. Thus, he provides important impulses for the current discourse on dying and death, remembering and hoping.