Imagine walking onto the stage of Carnegie Hall in 1918, performing a masterpiece you poured your soul into, only to realize the audience is applauding a man who doesn’t exist. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural archaeology of Rebecca Clark, the English violist who felt compelled to operate behind the shadow of a fictional identity. We deconstruct her 1917 composition, Morpheus, analyzing how its ethereal, otherworldly harmonies brought the dream-shaping Greek god to life through the lens of musical Impressionism. We unpack the tactical necessity of her Musical Pseudonym, exploring the "professional anxiety" that forced her to adopt the name Anthony Trent to protect her recital programs from being dismissed as vain or ama ...