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Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:53:14 +0100

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
Thomas Fuller

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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley

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Terms:
Coda - Closing section of a movement.

Ricercar - Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.

Verismo - A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time, and the characters are modeled after every day life.

Pastoral - A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.

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All music is beautiful.

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:06:55 +0100

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
Paul Simon

All music is beautiful.
Billy Strayhorn

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.
Dizzy Gillespie

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Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.
Charlie Byrd

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Terms:
Pitch - The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.

Quartet - A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.

Fermata - To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.

Timbre - Tone color, quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.

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the teacher of perfect order...

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:55:07 +0100

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
John Ruskin

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
Robert Browning

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Maya Angelou

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato

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Terms:
Concerto - A piece of music in which a solo instrument performs accompanied by a full orchestra. Usually written in three movements (e.g. Vivaldi's Four Seasons).

Consonance - Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.

Grazioso - Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.

Time Signature - A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.

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Timothy L Mccoul

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:15:24 +0100

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William Congreve

My music, my songs are 100 percent inspired by girl power.
Paulina Rubio

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
Christian Nestell Bovee

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I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.
Gary Cherone

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Terms:
Sextet - A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.

March - A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.

Allegro - A direction to play lively and fast.

Register - A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.

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