Quotes About Music

Do you like music?" Dr. Robert asked. "More than most things." "And what, may I ask, does Mozart's G-Minor Quintet refer to? Does it refer to Allah? Or Tao? Or the second person of the Trinity? Or the Atman-Brahman?" Will laughed. "Let's hope not.

Pongileoni se întrecu pe sine în Badineria final?. Axiomele euclidiene se înl?nÈ›uiau vesel cu formele de statistic? elementar?. Aritmetica f?cea un chef turbat, iar algebra s?rea dezordonat. Muzica se sfîrÈ™i într-o orgie de bun? dispoziÈ›ie matematic?.

Unowned, the Fourth Brandenburg had an intensity of beauty, a depth of intrinsic meaning, incomparably greater than anything he had ever found in the same music when it was his private property.

the sole test of music is its power to exalt the soul.

Entonces volvió la música. El arco rasgó las cuerdas y la ciudad y se cerró sobre el limo y los años a esperar el regreso del inventor y de su mujer violín. Hasta ahora. Hasta aquí.

Antes de ahora tenía una vida y mi violín —dijo, poniéndome la mano en el brazo —. Ahora sólo me queda el violín. Y ahí empezó todo. Empezó Serena.

Suonavamo perché l'Oceano è grande, e fa paura, suonavamo perché la gente non sentisse passare il tempo, e si dimenticasse dov'era, e chi era. Suonavamo per farli ballare, perché se balli non puoi morire, e ti senti Dio. E suonavamo il ragtime, perché è la musica su cui Dio balla, quando nessuno lo vede. Su cui Dio ballava, se solo era negro.

Alessandro Baricco

Cos'era?» «Non lo so» Gli si illuminarono gli occhi. «Quando non sai cos'è, allora è jazz»

Io sapevo suonare la tromba. È sorprendente come sia inutile, suonare una tromba, quando c'hai una guerra intorno. E addosso.

Mert gondolj bele: a zongora. A billenty?k kezdÅ'dnek. A billenty?knek vége. Tudod jól, nyolcvannyolc van belÅ'lük, nem verhetnek át vele. Nem végtelenek. Te vagy végtelen, és ott, a billenty?k belsejében végtelen a zene, melyet megszólaltatsz. Azok nyolcvannyolcan vannak. Te végtelen vagy.

Vannak már zenészeink, mondta a Társaság embere. Tudom, mondtam, és nekikezdtem trombitálni. ? csak állt ott és nézett engem, arcizma se rándult. Megvárta, hogy befejezzem, egy árva szó nélkül. Aztán megkérdezte: – Mi volt ez? – Nem tudom. Felcsillant a szeme. – Amikor nem tudod, hogy mi, akkor az dzsessz.

Así vio, por último, de improviso, el cielo sobre el palacio mancharse con el vuelo de cientos de pájaros, como expulsados fuera de la tierra, pájaros de todo tipo, estupefactos, huir por todas partes, enloquecidos, cantando y gritando, pirotécnica explosión de alas y nube de colores disparada en la luz, y de sonidos, asustados, música en fuga, volando en el cielo.

Llegaron del salón las notas de un piano cansado: disolvían el tiempo, hasta hacerlo casi irreconocible.

Suonavamo per farli ballare, perché se balli non puoi morire, e ti senti Dio. E suonavamo il ragtime, perché è la musica su cui Dio balla, quando nessuno lo vede.

Cosí vide, alla fine, all'improvviso, il cielo sopra il palazzo macchiarsi del volo di centinaia d'uccelli, come esplosi via dalla terra, uccelli d'ogni tipo, stupefatti, fuggire ovunque, impazziti, cantando e gridando, pirotecnica esplosione di ali, e nube di colori sparata nella luce, e di suoni, impauriti, musica in fuga, nel cielo a volare. Hervé Joncour sorrise. Seta

Certo... sai che musica però... con quelle mani, due, destre... se solo c'è un pianoforte...

The curious thing was that not a single experiment had ever suggested a link between listening to Mozart's music and increased infant intelligence. The closest an experiment had come to making this connection was a 1997 study, again by Rauscher, that demonstrated a relationship between piano lessons and improved spatial-reasoning skills among preschoolers.

We act out our lives to a soundtrack, thought Isabel, the music that becomes, for a spell, out favourite and is listened to again and again until it stands for the time itself. But that was about all the scripting that we achieved; the rest, for most of us, was extemporising.

Resolution. Musicians know all about that, don't they? Pieces of music seek resolution, have to end on a particular note, or it sounds all wrong. The same applies to our lives. It's exactly the same.

Moral beauty existed as clearly as any other form of beauty and perhaps that was where we could find the God who was so vividly, and sometimes bizarrely, described in our noisy religious explanations. It was an intriguing thought, as it meant that a concert could be a spiritual experience, a secular painting a religious icon, a beguiling face a passing angel.

Absurdly, irrationally, she believed that music could make a difference to the temper of the world.She did not investigate this belief, test it to see whether it made sense;she simply believed it, and so she chose music that expressed order and healing:Bach for order, Mozart for healing.

For a short while she considered the idea of orchestral courtesy. Certainly one should avoid giving political offence: German orchestras, of course, used to be careful about playing Wagner abroad, at least in some countries, choosing instead German composers who were somewhat more ... apologetic.

She watched him take the trumpet from its case and fit the mouthpiece. She watched as he raised it to his lips and then, so suddenly, from that tiny cup of metal against his flesh, the sound would burst out like a glorious, brilliant knife dividing the air. And the little room would reverberate and the flies, jolted out of their torpor, would buzz round and round as if riding the swirling notes.