Concepts Quote by Anton Webern

“What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into concepts.” quote by Anton Webern — Download Open image

“What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into concepts.”

Anton Webern

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So how do people listen to music? How do the broad masses listen to it? Apparently they have to be able to cling to…

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Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas.

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And the works that endure and will endure for ever, the great masterpieces, cannot have come into being as humanity... imagines. Man is only…

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The idea is distributed in space. It isn't only in one part; one part can't express the idea any longer, only the union of…

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It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected.

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Unity is surely the indispensable thing if meaning is to exist. Unity, to be very general, is the establishment of the utmost relatedness between…

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Comprehensibility is the highest law of all. Unity must be there. There must be means of ensuring it. All the things familiar to us…

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As regards the presentation of musical ideas, obviously rules of order soon appeared. Such rules of order have existed since music has existed and…

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Music is natural law as related to the sense of hearing.

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From this simple phenomenon, this idea of saying something twice, more often, as often as possible, in order to make oneself understood - the…

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Art is a product of nature in general, in the particular form of human nature.

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If you want to make something clear to someone, you mustn't forget the main point, the most important thing, and if you bring in…

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One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful…

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