The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.