When asking some one "What is Music?" the usual answers I get are: I don't know?What ever sounds good, what ever gets my feet tapping or Oh its just some......(long pause).... yeah! They than try to dodge the question and change the subject. In my opinion music is something that can't be expressed in words. It's not like 1+1=2 or anything straightforward with an exact definite answer. In fact it's still a mystery. When trying to define what music is, it actually raises a lot of questions such as: Why do I fell a certain way (emotionally) when I listen to this (music)? Or why do I feel happy or sad.... It's a mystery. Music to me is defined as what Frederick Delius and others had stated.Music is an outburst of the soul.
~Frederick Delius
Music is will said to be the speech of angels.
~Thomas Carlyle
It is incontestable that music induces in us a sense of the infinite and the
contemplation of the invisible.
~Victor de LaPrade
Music is love in search of a word.
~Sidney Lanier
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
~Leo Tolstoy
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before
speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
~Robert G. Ingersoll
You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm
~Les Paul
I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music....
~Johann Sebastian Bach
Johnny, I really like the quotes you posted from writers and musicians. In particular I like the one by Robert G. Ingersoll because I think that people listen to music and it makes them think. Their emotions run wild and thoughts start running through their minds. Music is and does a wonderful thing to people. My question is: WHY do people avoid the question of what music is? I would probably just say music is something that brings out my emotions and it is a way to express thoughts.
ReplyDeleteHey Johnny! In the picture the book on the stand says, "The Music of Life...in the key of DNA." I didn't notice this at first but it made me laugh. :) I liked your blog post and all the quotes! It was a nice change of pace. As for me, I think music is a universal language of sound (and the use of a lack of it), able to express emotions beyond the limited capacity of words.
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