Category: Questions

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

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

Thales (640-546 BC) famously observed, "A lack of culture is a serious thing." Would he be uncomfortable today in America?

Gorgias (c. 425 BC) wrote: How can language even express what we perceive through our senses?

Xenophon of Athens (c. 434–355 BC) wrote that the best choirs were characterized by a high degree of discipline, long periods of training and expert conductors.

An aulos player who saw some fish in the sea played his instrument in the hope that they would come ashore ...

Pendar, c. 518 BC, sang: Sing, O Muse, sing high and clear O polytonal many voiced Muse, Make a new song for girls to sing. Is this timely?

Pratinas, in 500 BC, reminded his listeners that the Muse had ordained that the song should be the mistress and the aulos the servant, and not the other way around.

Aristophanes, in his play The Clouds, recalls the good old days: “Those were the days when students were quiet and had discipline. They studied only the best music and the