shenry
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Posted: Sep. 15 2021, 07:32 |
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Quote | Music, real music, not all these... things labelled as such, is a code. Great musicians like Mike "speak" the language of music. Lovers of music like us (hopefully) get some messages in such works of music. |
Interesting. I think music that touches us deeply is (a lot of the time) beyond words. So yes, I agree that it is its own language.
It's fascinating to me that the vast majority of music criticism (writing about music) never really manages to EXPLAIN music. It usually restricts itself to discussing the social/historical background, analysing lyrics, or (in classical criticism mainly) analysing form and structure. It's rare that someone is able to put into words what certain pieces of music mean to me.
You can see that directly with Oldfield himself. He is as inarticulate with language as he is articulate in his playing - he genuinely can't explain in words what his music "means" and it's painful to watch him try when anyone asks him about this.
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