cure ignoranceANTON FELIX SCHINDLER: it - it exalts the soul.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: utter nonsense. if you hear a marching band, is your soul exalted? no, you march. if you hear a waltz, you dance. if you hear a mass, you take communion. it is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. the listener has no choice
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