‘For me, music begins where words end’. - Jean Sibelius
Pretty much explains it for me, too.
Why don't we tire of music?
So, there’s a lot of smart folk’s on this site, and I’ve been wondering why people never grow tired of listening to music. For example, we don’t read the same book over and over, nor do we watch the same TV show or movie over and over. But, we never get tired of listening to the same music. Why is this? What is it in our mentally that allows this to happen? Just curious... Thanks!
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I dont want to contradict the great Sibelius... But music begun when the body gesture called speech begun. Speech is a rythmic social coordination and timing of attention through body gestures , it is music...Speech and music are born together like siamese twins. They were chirurgically separated by evolutive history but they always remember themselves and wish one another as one anew... And my favorite music is acapela chorus....😁 Once this is said, Sibelius meant that music is beyond prosaic description as Poetry is beyond prosaic meanings ...
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I think you are splitting hairs @mahgister 😎 I don’t really think you are contradicting Sibelius’ succinct statement at all. |
If you read my post i precidely say that i do not contradict Sibelius for sure... I only want to add more to the great man saying about music transcendence over prosaic speech... My post is not then "splitting hairs" ... Poetry is like music , impossible to understand with prosaic mind...
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