Notations: Quotations on Music (Words of Wisdom Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER
Words of Wisdom: Notations
If music be the food...then pull up a chair and join the feast. From Bach and Beethoven to Gershwin, Miles and Zappa, Notations is a sparkling, musical offering of wisdom, witticisms, whinings, invective and criticism, bon mots, and insights. These words on music and musical subjects, drawn from composers, performers, conductors, songwriters, lyricists, and critics, as well as poets, philosophers, dramatists, novelists, and scientists, classical and contemporary, move us closer to realizing what music is and how it so deeply touches our intellect and emotion.
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If music be the foodﾽthen pull up a chair and join the feast. From Bach and Beethoven to Gershwin, Miles and Zappa, Notations is a sparkling, musical offering of wisdom, witticisms, whinings, invective and criticism, bon mots, and insights. These words on music and musical subjects, drawn from composers, performers, conductors, songwriters, lyricists, and critics, as well as poets, philosophers, dramatists, novelists, and scientists, classical and contemporary, move us closer to realizing what music is and how it so deeply touches our intellect and emotion.
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