Though everything else may appear shallow and

“Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.”

— Felix Mendelssohn

Author: Felix Mendelssohn
Category: music
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I wonder if anyone else has an

“I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe?”

— Kate Chopin

Author: Kate Chopin
Category: music
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