Reading the scene, one imagines the voices. Russian is an utterly musical language. For pure seductive value, it rivals French and Italian. Listen to Puskin spoken aloud by the right person if you do not believe me. My point is that we can find music to attend to in many places.
Language spoken well is inherently musical.
Anyone closely engaged with writing becomes deeply attuned to the musical nature of language and to the unmusical baggage piled all around us. I am not sure if my early awareness of the inner rhythms in great music began with my sense of the music and non-music in spoken language, or if my childhood's many years alone with my own Victorola conditioned me to hear music wherever and whenever it presents itself. Inc. All rights reserved.