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Music - Paper

Music

‘What is music?’
A little boy asked me that today.
I bent down so that our faces were level
And then I said to him with a smile,
‘Why do you care?
Out of so many people today
Why do you care?’
He looked back at me
His eyes too thoughtful for his age
And he said right back to me,
‘Because I want to make good music.’
I liked that answer, and I told him so.
He was happy and he smiled.
‘Take my hand,’ I said, ‘and walk with me now
And I will show you those things that proper music make.’
He put his small hand into mine and came with me.
I didn’t know what to make of this, he trusted me.
But I led him along, and as I did I pointed out
Some of those things that proper music ...

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and an end, defined as whoever would.
Music is the traffic in the early morning hours
Music is the wind moaning in the trees at night.
Music can sound like anything you want
You and I are everywhere, surrounded by music.’
And the little boy looked up at me, this tall kindly stranger
And he said with a sigh, ‘Anything I want?’
‘Anything you want,’ I heard myself reply.
‘Music,’ I said, ‘is a blending of sounds
To form something new, be it lovely or horrible.
Music is the homeless man earning his meals by his guitar
Music is the sighs and groans of those who make love at night.
Music is the cadenza of a well-known symphony
It can even be formed with human voices
That tickle the ears or disturb the mind; it will depend.’
The little boy tugged on my coat sleeve at that moment.
He beckoned and I obediently went down on one knee.
He regarded me solemnly, with an adult calculation
And finally he asked me, ‘Would this be music?
The shouts and screams of enraged ...

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Added: 5/11/2011 10:47:55 PM
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Category: Miscellaneous
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