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Friday, December 4, 2009

QUOTE OF THE DAY-WEEK #09 TRIMESTER #2

DATE: MONDAY WEEK 09 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Mark Haugh

QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"Life is about the betterment of the human condition, stretching one’s own mind, increasing social awareness, or even random acts of kindness that spills into the soul of humanity. This is why I play music."
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Music helps make the world we live in more pleasant.”

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DATE: TUESDAY WEEK 09 TRIMESTER #2

AUTHOR: Claude Debussy
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"Music is the silence between the notes."

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“How silence is used determines the dramatic quality of the art.”
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DATE: WEDNESDAY WEEK 09 TRIMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Aaron Copland
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning."
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“It is our human nature to create music in some form and as long as humans survive, so will music.”

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DATE: THURSDAY WEEK 09 TRIMESTER #2

AUTHOR: Percy Bysshe Shelley
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought."

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The sadder the feelings the most beautiful the music written about them.”
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DATE: FRIDAY WEEK 09 TRIMESTER #2

AUTHOR: Author Unknown
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"The earth has music for those who listen."

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The music of nature can be found in the sounds made by the wind, water, birds…to name a few.”
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