DATE: MONDAY WEEK 06 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Aaron Copland
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'."
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Meaning in music is expressed through the emotions for which there are often no words to describe.”
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DATE: TUESDAY WEEK 06 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Artur Schnabel
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes --ah, that is where the art resides."
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Pauses or silences between notes make sounds into music. How an artist expertly handles the timing of those pauses creates the drama.”
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DATE: WEDNESDAY WEEK 06 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Pat Conroy
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"Without music, life is a journey through a desert."
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The music we listen to in life helps the ordinary become special, keeping life from becoming dull.”
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DATE: THURSDAY WEEK 06 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: E.Y. Harbug
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A song is a combination of words and music so not only can you think a thought you can feel it as well.”
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DATE: FRIDAY WEEK 06 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Zimbabwe Proverb
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing."
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The elements of music and dance are present in everyone through normal everyday activities for which we are all experts.”
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