Familiar Talks On Music
Familiar Talks On Music
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It is not so with music. It speaks to us direct- ly, and is not limited by human experience, for it has nothing to do with it on its objective side. Music cannot be made to mean anything but music, and when it has to be served with a glos- sary, in the manner of the modern composer, it is quite outside its function. You cannot de- scribe anything with music, or inspire it with any meaning but its own. As some one has truly said, "its center of gravity must lie within itself. " Schumann says "wh...ere a youth of eighteen hears a world famous occurrence in a musical work, a man only perceives some rustic event, while the musician probably never thought of either, but simply gave the best music that he happened to feel within himself just then. " Music is first of all an art of expression, the noblest given to man, but it expresses charac- teristics, qualities, emotions, moods, not tangi- ble things. It can express grandeur, nobility, charm, tenderness, gayety, humor, sadness. Happy is the composer, like our own MacDow- 36 WHAT MUSIC MEANS ell, whose imagination enables him to affix a title which will carry with it the suggestion of mood desired for its hearing.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is not so with music. It speaks to us direct- ly, and is not limited by human experience, for it has nothing to do with it on its objective side. Music cannot be made to mean anything but music, and when it has to be served with a glos- sary, in the manner of the modern composer, it is quite outside its function. You cannot de- scribe anything with music, or inspire it with any meaning but its own. As some one has truly said, "its center of gravity must lie within itself. " Schumann says "wh...ere a youth of eighteen hears a world famous occurrence in a musical work, a man only perceives some rustic event, while the musician probably never thought of either, but simply gave the best music that he happened to feel within himself just then. " Music is first of all an art of expression, the noblest given to man, but it expresses charac- teristics, qualities, emotions, moods, not tangi- ble things. It can express grandeur, nobility, charm, tenderness, gayety, humor, sadness. Happy is the composer, like our own MacDow- 36 WHAT MUSIC MEANS ell, whose imagination enables him to affix a title which will carry with it the suggestion of mood desired for its hearing.
What to read after Familiar Talks On Music?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mary Kimball Mrs Kutchin to read onlineMoreLess
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