Music, Language and Composition(Theodor W. Adorno) |
Dec. 28th, 2012|10:05 pm |
Music is similar to language. Expressions like musical idiom or musical accent are not metaphors. But music is not language. Its similarity to language points to its innermost nature, but also toward something vague. The person who takes music literally as language will be led astray by it.
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