Greg HamertonHow can you understand the language of music, if you will not be an instrument?”– Zarost
About This Quote
This quote is a quotation from a play by the French romantic author Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who lived from 1712 to 1778. In the play, a woman named Julie questioned her husband, Zarost, why he did not sing when he was happy. In response, he said: "How can you understand the language of music if you will not be an instrument? You hear only the sound, but you do not understand the language." What Zarost was suggesting was that to understand music you need to be an instrument for it. You need to be able to do things in tune with the music.
It's difficult to describe what makes music so special and so beautiful, because it cannot be reduced to words. The only way we can begin to understand music is through our own experience of it.
Source: Second Sight
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