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Zoltan Kodaly

"We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound."

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"We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound."

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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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"Music has the ability to express in the upbeat every brilliant aspect of existence, while on the downbeat convey the anguish that a human being experiences when apprehending the fleeting nature of time, and the mysterious torture of living and dying. Music stands alone in its ability to communicate the symbols and phases of life, both being and nonbeing."

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