c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…that doesn't mean anything. There is some inferior music that means something, what we call program music like the Tchaikovsky 1812 overture or some of Debussy's Perpetrations, such as the inglotted cathedral, where it's creating visual pictures or imitating…
…is the very essence of the energy of the universe. See, that's what's happening it's music. And bad music, like written by Tchaikovsky, has a meaning. See good music as written by bach has no meaning. Bach is just making marvelous patterns of sound,…
…has a meaning. See good music as written by bach has no meaning. Bach is just making marvelous patterns of sound, whereas Tchaikovsky with the 1812 overture is imitating the noises of the napoleon retreat from Moscow and even what's his name? Debussy with…
…noises: the sound of water, the thunder of the hooves of horses, or in that dreadful composition the 1812 overture of Tchaikovsky, you hear napoleon's armies retreating from Moscow. Or in some of the bad work of Debussy, like la cathedrale en boutique…