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Music eases the pain of living ~ Philip Glass

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 Dinesh
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. . . I had a theory, well, hardly a theory, more a vague notion, that on e of the functions of music was to tune the brain machinery that drives our sense of self. There was music, like Part’s, that worked to loosen the ego and there was music that had the opposite, consolidating, effect. Musicologists point to the collective functions of music, its use in ritual and ceremony and its contribution to the continuity and stability of cultures. Singing and dancing draw people together, synchronizing emotions, bonding a group in empathy and reflection or in preparation for action. The power of music lies beyond language and intellect. It appears from an emotional need for communication with other human beings. But may be there’s something prior even to that. Music fills the body. It fuels the engines of emotion and action at the core of selfhood, the embodied self of the present moment. Without coherence at this level there is no possibility of developing a stable personal identity or social relations. ~ Page 105
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 Dinesh
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In addition to teaching these classes and attending the Sorbonne, Noor was taking music lessons at the Ecole Normal de Musique, the best music academy in Paris. Founded in 1919, the school had recently moved to a Belle Epoque mansion on Boulevard Malesherbes, a gift from marquise who was devoted to the arts. Noor’s classes at the ecole were probably demanding at more than a musicological level. Her primary teacher was Nadia Boulanger. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Boulanger the legendary music teacher of the twentieth century, Boulanger’s students would include Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Quincy Jones, and Philip Glass -- notable all. But Boulanger’s little secret, the one hardly anyone talked about, was that she was staunch nationalist, monarchist, and closet anti-Semite. She also disliked democracy and women’s suffrage. Boulanger was as much an autocrat in the classroom as she was in her politics. ~ Page 49

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