“When it sounds good, it IS good.” Duke Ellington (1899-1974) “Somehow, I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself—he’d appreciate the combination of team spirit and informality, of academic knowledge and humor, of…
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Music, Art of the Prophets
“Music is the art of the prophets” Martin Luther (1483-1546) Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that calms the agitations of the soul.
Plato on Music
Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it. Plato (428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347) Quoted at https://learningwithmusic.weebly.com/index.html Plato’s name is familiar…
Joplin on ragtime
Don’t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast. Scott Joplin (1868-1917) https://blackmusicscholar.com/its-never-right-to-play-ragtime-fast/ According to Wikipedia, Joplin was famous for his ragtime compositions, which included over 100 original ragtime pieces, a ragtime ballet, and two operas. …
Tchaikovsky’s Inspiration
I grew up in a quiet spot and was saturated from earliest childhood with the wonderful beauty of Russian popular song. I am therefore constantly devoted to every expression of the Russian spirit… As to this national element in my…
The Soul of a Country
The soul of a country is in its folk music. The country that has abandoned its folk music to Commerce deserves a Coca-Cola wake. Dr. Maya V Patel Quoted in Music Lovers Quotations, edited by Helen Exley
Beethoven on Music
I am inclined to think that a hunt for folk songs is better than a manhunt of the heroes who are so highly extolled. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Quoted in Music Lovers Quotations, edited by Helen Exley. Beethoven is one…
Martin Luther on Music
I have always loved music; whoso has skill in this art is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools, a schoolmaster ought to have skills in music, or I would not regard him;…
Tolstoy on Music
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed in music, and in that is its power and significance. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Quoted in Music Lovers Quotations, edited by…
Listening to Music–a Part of Something Big
We listen to great music and know that all our joys and sorrows are part of something beyond our comprehension — and so infinitely valuable. Jesse O’Neill Quoted in Music Lovers Quotations, edited by Helen Exley.