I have communicated in this blog on many occasions (using words, videos, articles, and pictures) about the benefits of music. I just found another source, schoolmusicmatters.com, that contains quotes from other folks who can talk about this subject much more eloquently than I. Here is some of what these folks had to say:
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Henry David Thoreau ~ U.S. poet & philosopher
Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.
Robert Browning ~ English poet
What music expresses is eternal, infinite, and ideal.
Richard Wagner ~ German composer
And music, too – dear music! that can touch
Beyond all else the soul that loves it much -
Now heard far off, so far as but to seem
Like the faint, exquisite music of a dream.Thomas Moore ~ Irish poet
There’s no passion in the human soul
But finds its food in music.George Lillo ~ English dramatist
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
Herbert Spencer ~ English philosopher & author
During the Gulf War, the few opportunities I had for relaxation I always listened to music, and it brought me great peace of mind. I have shared my love of music with people throughout this world, while listening to the drums and special instruments of the Far East, Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Far North, and all of this started with the music appreciation course that I was taught in a third-grade elementary class in Princeton, New Jersey. What a tragedy it would be if we lived in a world where music was not taught to children.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf ~ U.S. Army General (retired)
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the secret places of the soul.
Plato ~ Greek philosopher
Enjoy this food for thought, and have a great week!
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