On 02/08/2013 11:04 PM, Folderol wrote:
On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:24:56 -1000
david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
On 02/08/2013 03:55 AM, Stephen Stubbs wrote:
On 2/8/2013 1:43 AM, david wrote:
So now we have quantitative proof that the Ancient Greeks' views on
music were correct.
In the context of Ancient Greek culture.
Examine something you love too rigoruosly and it loses its magic.
Personally, I prefer to keep the magic.
It is quite possible to have both. For instance, I know all the science
behind HTML and how it works. Yet I still consider it magic when I do
something in an HTML file and the browser displays it. :-)
I have a friend who intensely dislikes synthesizer music. To his ears,
it all sounds "dry as dust ... the musician doesn't have a relationship
with their instrument ... Lifeless." But he's the guy who prefers to
listen to Baroque or Classical music played on period instruments, anyway.
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