What is Violin music

Violin music symbolizes death in the novel, as it is playing during murders, death, and near-death experiences. Violin music is first heard on the gramophone during Warren’s murdering of the Lochern family. Violin music is later heard whenever Shamengwa and Corwin play. The creation of violin music can be seen as saving and freeing, as the music plays when Cordelia is saved by a malfunctioning gun and as Warren later dies while Corwin plays at the state hospital. Corwin himself redeems his life for his bad past behavior through freeing himself in the violin music that he creates.