Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

George Crumb
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  1. In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

  2. Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.

  3. Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

  4. Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.

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