Small thing. Earlier this morning, I found myself unable to yank a persistent earworm from my mind. The track was by Vince Guaraldi, but its opening riff referred to a classical work. A minuet, the sort of thing a beginning pianist would learn. Who composed it and which work was it?

The whole day it played in my head. Still no answer. I suppose I could’ve looked it up online, but I refused to do so. Partly out of pride; partly out of conviction that dependence on machines isn’t healthy.

Finally, before the day ended it suddenly hit me: Beethoven. It was his Minuet in G major, WoO 10, no. 2. No wonder Guaraldi’s wistful piece was the theme for Schroeder in the Peanuts television specials. Now it all made sense. Finally.