The Origins of Music
In the beginning of human creation, no language such as we now
have existed, but only music. Man first expressed his thoughts and
feelings by low and high, short and prolonged sounds. The depth
of his tone showed his strength and power, and the height of his
pitch expressed love and wisdom. Man conveyed his sincerity, insincerity,
inclination, disinclination, pleasure or displeasure by the variety
of his musical expressions.
The tongue touching various points in the mouth, and the opening
and the closing of the lips in different ways, produces the variety
of sounds. The grouping of the sounds made words conveying different
meanings in their various modes of expression. This gradually transformed
music into a language, but language could never free itself from
music.
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