Form is what transforms the content of a work into its essence. Do you understand? The character of music arises out of its form like steam from water, ’ Yury Andreevich said. ‘With solid understanding of the general laws of form, which encompass all that is amenable to formulation, one can, by groping further, perceive the individual, the particular. Then, subtracting the general, one can sense a residue where wonder lurks in its purest, most undiluted form. Herein lies the goal of theory: the more fully one grasps what is available for comprehension, the more intensely the ineffable shines. Lyudmila Ulitskaya
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Form is everything. Without form, there is no content. Without content, there is no work of art. Music exists only through the purest manifestation of its form.

The “form” of music is not apparent to the naked ear. The form of music is the structure that allows the ear to hear it. It is the essence that animates its sound.

Source: The Big Green Tent

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