– Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche<\/em><\/p> Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.<\/strong><\/p> – Composer Ludwig van Beethoven, reported in a letter from Bettina von Arnim to Goethe, 28 May 1810<\/em><\/p> To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.<\/strong><\/p> – Composer Robert Schumann<\/em><\/p> Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.<\/strong><\/p> – Singer-songwriter Nina Simone<\/em><\/p> Onwards, with some keen insights on classical music from conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, tenor Andrea Bocelli, author Leo Tolstoy and more.<\/p> Being an American musician means being adventurous.<\/strong><\/p> – Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas<\/em><\/p> Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content.<\/strong><\/p> – Michael Tilson Thomas, again<\/em><\/p> Popularity gets up people’s noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. (…) Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.<\/strong><\/p> – Tenor Andrea Bocelli<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.<\/strong><\/p> – Author Leo Tolstoy<\/em><\/p> After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.<\/strong><\/p> – Author and philosopher Aldous Huxley<\/em><\/p> Music is the poetry of the air.<\/strong><\/p> – German author Jean-Paul Richter (1763-1825)<\/em><\/p> Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde was well known for his witty and perceptive aper\u00e7us on everything from authenticity (‘Be yourself; everyone else is already taken’) to fame (‘There is only one thing\u00a0in the world\u00a0worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.’). He also had something perceptive to say about music, as you will see below. <\/p> Before we get there, though, there are thought-provoking observations on the nature of music, what moods it can and can’t encompass, and the impossibility of writing about music (actually it is doable – trust us), from thoughtful souls including philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and composer Dmitri Shostakovich<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p> Music is liquid architecture and architecture is frozen music.<\/strong><\/p> – Author and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/em><\/p> What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn’t laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to fight for the legitimate right of laughter in \u2018serious’ music.<\/strong><\/p> – Composer Dmitri Shostakovich<\/em><\/p> Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.<\/strong><\/p> – Unknown, possibly musical comedian Martin Mull<\/em><\/p> Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.<\/strong><\/p> – Author Victor Hugo<\/em><\/p> Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.<\/strong><\/p> – Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde<\/em><\/p> By Published: Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 11:42 AM A great many wise, witty, perceptive and provocative things have been said about classical music. About its power to move, to excite, to explore some of the most impenetrable recesses of the human condition. 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