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."'
'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)
