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And those who seek for the best kind of song and music ought not to seek for that which is pleasant, but for that which is True.

It bothered Plato that not everyone agrees when it comes to describing the beauty. In the end he complains, "All that is beautiful is difficult."

Beethoven said that music is a more lofty revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. What higher wisdom do you experience in music?

With 500 TV channels, movies and sporting events beyond counting, should it be the school system's job to provide the public with more entertainment?

Move to the tune of tears that flow: For tears are music too, and keep A song unheard in hearts that weep.

Every musician knows that the purpose of music is to communicate feelings to the listener. But this is first communicated in the choice of repertoire.

Pythagoras (580–500 BC) as a teacher is still remembered for a number of symbolic utterances. One was "Abstain from beans."

Porphyry recalled that Pythagoras (580–500 BC) allowed no one to become a friend or associate without first being examined in facial expression and disposition.

Pythagoras (580-500 BC) has been judged by Walther Kirchner (1960) as "one of the most outstanding mathematicians of all times," but by Heraclitus (c. 500 BC) as "the chief captain of swindlers."

Heraclitus (c. 513 BC) was one of the first philosophers to question the consideration given by musicians to their audience.