To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
03936 – Listening vs. Hearing
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00913 – Too Long
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
00912 – Music: The Church’s Greatest Ornament
Music is as well or better able to praise Him than the building of the church and all its decorations: it is the Church’s greatest ornament…religious music without religion is almost always vulgar. from Conversations with Igor Stravinsky ———————————Gender-neutral...
00828 – Ways We Learn
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
00827 – Music: Respect vs. Love
The problem with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.