"What to Listen for in Music" Quotes
A guide to understanding and appreciating music, covering various elements and techniques.
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Quotes
Music is, in a sense, a form of intelligence.
The listener's emotional response to music is no less real than his response to a drama.
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
The most perceptive listener is still susceptible to suggestion.
The real purpose of music is to suspend the mind in a kind of sublimated animation.
The relation between the listener and the music is a kind of metaphor.
The role of the intellectual in music is to suggest and develop, not to dictate.
The sound of music is dauntingly abstract.
The ultimate aim of music is to connect us with the universe.
There is no such thing as absolute music.
