Others, tiring of the sound of Buxtehude and Bach for hours on end, would complain there was no tune. That was exactly the thing he liked best about a fugue, the fact that it could not be sung. A fugue was not singular, as a melody was, but plural. It was a conversation. Kate Grenville
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The theme of this quote is that the greatest pleasure in the art of music comes from the multiplicity of voices in a musical piece, rather than from one particular voice. The idea is that while listening to an entire piece of music, it is not possible to listen to one voice. You have to listen to all of them at once. Therefore, the greatest pleasure comes from listening to multiple voices at once, which makes it difficult for most people to enjoy music.

Instead they prefer listening to one strong voice and only one strong voice at a time. If you want to find out how much people like listening to multiple voices at once, this is a great quote you can use.

Source: The Lieutenant

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