The author's sister told him about a performance by a local chamber choir, 30 singers. They sang a cantata called analis by the british composer james whitbourne which puts the words of anne frank's diary to music. As they're singing, i think that all to not singing. And then i' look over and i thinksomebody else, a soprano, not singing? That's od,. Because everybody else in their parts is singing. And i realized they were crying and they couldn't sing. I know this seems like a little bit of a digression from country usic, but it's a really useful case study in understanding why some songs make