On the eve of the Second world war, a young violinist of Dovidl Rapoport leave until his dad can go to Poland for a family, the entrepreneur Simmonds. Family Dovidl killed in the Holocaust. Simmonds love Davide, nurtured his talent, and for their son Martin he is more than a brother. Davide waiting for a brilliant career. However, in the day when Dovidl should give the first concert, he disappears. A terrible blow for Simmonds. The shock that changed Martin's life. Only forty years later, Martin manages to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Dovidl.About the complicated relationship of genius with fans about the behind the scenes of the music world Norman Lebrecht, the most famous music critic of England, wrote with great knowledge and exciting.Norman Lebrecht tells the story of two worlds - the Jewish and the London classical music - and he knows them like no other. To say that 'Song of names' is an unusual book, to say nothing: he captivated the attention of the reader from the beginning and does not let it through. Better novel about these two worlds I have not read for many years. - Walter Laker Song names,' cause in my mind the horrors of war-torn London, where I spent my childhood. The spirit of the novel is reminiscent of Dickens, but it was written by a writer with the temperament of Dostoevsky and Bashevis singer. This is a unique, exciting novel. Masterpiece. - IDA Haendel, scriptcollection prose. Few can write with such knowledge of the case, so heartfelt and impressive, and what scars left behind the Holocaust, and about the world of music. - Forward