Monday, December 8, 2008

When Words Leave Off, Music Begins*




Fig. 1. Jan Brueghel the Elder - The Sense of Hearing, 1618


'Music is the best means we have of digesting time.'

W. H. Auden


Addendum: György Ligeti - Poème Symphonique For 100 Metronomes, 1962






* Heinrich Heine