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World of MusicThe man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music. (Lorenzo in "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare, Act 5, Scene 1)
There is a musical factor in all the arts and - what may sound strange
- in science as well. I can't read a book without thinking or better
feeling some kind of music. The same is true to mathematics and
theoretical computer science, i.e. if it is not approached in a purely
engineering way.
Music like any other arts is a recreation of reality
filtered and transformed through the perception of the composer and
the listener. But
music seems to be farther away from the objects and events of our
daily experience than works of literature or paintings. Though there
are vocal words with texts, it can exist without any language context.
Music has been and will ever be observed both by our emotion and our
intellect. We could even say that music should incite both the
intellect and the emotions. A piece of music, which is not stimulating
an emotional process would radiate a rational sterility, causing
refusal. Whereas a piece purely based on rousing feelings without any
intellectual aspect would risk being classified as primitive by
reviewers.
As on my page with thoughts about literature we will have a look at Webster's definition of music
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