Author: David Whitwell

Move to the tune of tears that flow: For tears are music too, and keep A song unheard in hearts that weep.

With 500 TV channels, movies and sporting events beyond counting, should it be the school system's job to provide the public with more entertainment?

Beethoven said that music is a more lofty revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. What higher wisdom do you experience in music?

It bothered Plato that not everyone agrees when it comes to describing the beauty. In the end he complains, "All that is beautiful is difficult."

And those who seek for the best kind of song and music ought not to seek for that which is pleasant, but for that which is True.

Virtually the entire concern with respect to music by Plato had to do with the impact of what he called “good music” vs entertainment music on both the player a...

Chief among Plato's list of skills needed to be a good music student are: [1] musical insight, not mere technical ability on an instrument, and [2] the ability ...