41. Music and the Origin of Languages
Music is a language without words. Martin Luther The primal organ of utterance of the inner man is music. Richard Wagner Virtually all philologists today agree ...
Category: Essays on Music
42. Is Man Ruled by Reason or Emotion?
Anyone who sets reason aside and uses only his sensitive part lives not as a man but as a beast. Dante The understanding may err, but not feelings. Robert Schum...
43. Good Music Promotes Good Character
It is quite regrettable that none of us now knows what constitutes Musica moralis. Johann Mattheson (1681–1764) The Greek word, “ethos,” had to do with characte...
44. Good Music Promotes Good Manners
The right molding or ruin of ingenuous manners and civil conduct lies in a well-grounded musical education. Aristoxenus (fl. 335 BC) It is true that, as Saint P...
45. Can a Bad Man be a Good Musician?
How can a man tune a lute who is himself out of tune?What sense of harmony can he have who is himself full of discords? Fernando de Rojas (1477–1541) A chaste p...