 Kuster stated that the idea for "Myrrha" came when she was asked by the American Composers Orchestra to write a love-and-erotica themed concert.The concert was inspired by the myth of Myrrha in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and includes excerpts from the volume that "move in and out of the music as though in a dream, or perhaps Myrrha’s memory of the events that shaped her fate," as described by Kuster.The "Metamorphoses" of Ovid has been illustrated by several artists through time.