Why is the Decameron associated with the Renaissance? Why is Faust a philosophical allegory? Why did Voltaire write Candide? Why did Virgil say "love conquers all things" in the Eclogues? Why was the Aeneid written? Why did Christopher Marlowe write Doctor Faustus?
We use music to make sense of the world and of being human, and we use it to communicate things that are impossible (or at least difficult) to say using verbal language.In other words, music is all about who we are.With any music, we can always ask: what does it mean for these ...