On Music and Words
The document discusses the relationship between music, language, and symbolism, exploring the emotional and symbolic aspects of music, words, and gestures in human communication and expression.
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On Music and Words
soudainement. La musique transporte toujours avec plus de force les hommes en proie à quelque bouleversement, affaiblis, soumis à de violentes tensions et déchirés jusqu'au fond d'eux-mêmes par n'importe quelle passion, Tolstoï l'a bien vu et Goethe l'a éprouvé tragiquement. Car même Goethe, qui a pris à l'égard de la musique une attitude prudente,
... See moreStefan Zweig • Nietzsche (La cosmopolite) (French Edition)
That’s what music is to me—it’s just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that’s been given to us, and here’s an example of just how magnificent it is.
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
THE MADMAN----Have you not heard of that madman who lit
a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place,
and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!"---As
many of those who did not believe in God were standing around
just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one.
Did he lose his way like a child? asked ano