Question Nr. 1
One of the small, but interesting, books by Aristotle is called Questions, consisting only of questions but with no answers provided by Aristotle. In this spiri...
Author: David Whitwell
Question Nr. 2
The principle purpose of all music, even functional music such as circus music, military music, church music, etc., is to communicate feeling and/or emotion. Wh...
Question Nr. 3
What did Mahler mean when he said, The best part of music is not found in the notation.
Question Nr. 4
Alma Mahler in her book on Memories and Letters of her husband mentions that in May 1902, Mahler arranged a portion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for wind...
Question Nr. 5
The original version of the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 was scored for large wind orchestra. Where is that score?
Question Nr. 6
Plutarch wrote of the ancient Greeks: They deemed it requisite by the assistance of music to form and compose the minds of youth to what was decent, sober and v...
Question Nr. 7
Aristophanes, in his play The Clouds, recalls the good old days: Those were the days when students were quiet and had discipline. They studied only the best mus...
Question Nr. 8
Pratinas, in 500 BC, reminded his listeners that the Muse had ordained that the song should be the mistress and the aulos the servant, and not the other way aro...
Question Nr. 9
Pendar (c. 518 BC) sang: Sing, O Muse, sing high and clear O polytonal many voiced Muse, Make a new song for girls to sing. Is this timely?
Question Nr. 10
Xenophon of Athens (c. 434-355 BC), in his Anabasis, writes: Niceratus. My father was anxious to see me develop into a good man and as a means to this end he co...