Music Is The Sound That Silence Makes In Our Souls

Fig. 1. Paolo Veronese - The Wedding at Cana (detail), 1562-63

'There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control.'

Aaron Copland

Your Ears Will Orgasm #33: Corelli - Trio Sonatas (MixPod Player)

1. Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata No.1 in F Major

The Exact, Elegant Arithmetic Of Artificial Sounds*

Fig. 1. J. W. Waterhouse - Saint Cecilia, 1895


'The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No."'

Aaron Copland

* 'Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.' Claude Debussy

Your Ears Will Orgasm #19: Debussy - String Quartet (MixPod Player)

Addendum #1: So Much Better When She Was Being Bad

Eartha Kitt (1927-2008) - C'est Si Bon (Live Kaskad, 1962)

Addendum #2: So Much Clearer When You Think About It

The "magic mirror maze" sequence from The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - d. Orson Welles (who, in 1950, gave her her first starring role, as "Helen of Troy" in his staging of Dr. Faustus)