Re: Music - What does it mean to you?
Torence
> Music soothes the savage beast.
The original quote, was "breast." - William Congreve in his 4th play "The Mourning Bride," from 1697. But this misspeak has become so prevalent, that a Google search of the two phrases will produce twice as many results for the "wrong" version than the "right." But the ties to mathematics and beauty were akin to your expressions:
Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound.
What then am I? Am I more senseless grown
Than Trees, or Flint? O force of constant Woe!
'Tis not in Harmony to calm my Griefs.
Anselmo sleeps, and is at Peace; last Night
The silent Tomb receiv'd the good Old King;
He and his Sorrows now are safely lodg'd
Within its cold, but hospitable Bosom.
Why am not I at Peace?
Fraternally,
Torence Evans Ake
Secretary - Auburn Park Lodge No. 789 - Crete, Illinois
PM - Arcadia Lodge No. 1138 - Lansing, Illinois