Cheatham hires Rebekah as a violin tutor for her daughter, but also mandates that she assist the ailing Tate in finishing his symphony, which must be ready for the opening of the new opera house. When she auditions for the Nashville Philharmonic, Maestro Nathaniel “Tate” Whitcomb praises her performance but slams the door on her hopes because of her gender. Her relationship with her mother and stepfather is strained, and she is determined to make her own way. Rebekah Carrington, grieving her grandmother’s death, returns to her Nashville home after a decade of studying music in Vienna. Adelecia Acklen Cheatham, a woman of fierce independence who loves art, nature, and music. Christy Award–winner Alexander crafts a music-lover’s delight in this third Belmont Mansion novel (after A Beauty So Rare), set in the 1870s and featuring Mrs.
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