Sri Aurobindo on Music - from the Letters

- Is Music Superior to Other Arts?
- Music Goes Direct to the Intuition
- Importance of Music in Education
- Rhythm and Movement
- Significance of Metrical Rhythm in the Mantra
- Can Music be Admitted as a Part of Life of Yoga?
- The Outer Singer Should Disappear
- Forget the Audience

Poetry with Musical References

Some References to Music from Savitri

   
 

The Outer Singer Should Disappear

What you write about the singing is perfectly correct. You sing your best only when you forget yourself and let it come out from within without thinking of the need of excellence or the impression it may make. The outer singer should indeed disappear into the past, - it is only so that the inner singer can take her place.

 
- Sri Aurobindo