MUSIC

Definitions of music on the Web:

•    an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
•    any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
•    musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
•    (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
•    punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"
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Famous quotes on music:


A painter paints pictures on canvas.  But musicians paint their pictures on silence.  ~Leopold Stokowski

Without music life would be a mistake.  ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.  ~Ludwig van Beethoven

You are the music while the music lasts.  ~T.S. Eliot

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.  ~Victor Hugo

Music and  Mood (courtesy: http://www.essortment.com/)

Music has been called 'The International Language' - a very simple thought with much meaning behind it. Even if you can't speak the language of a country, you can move, sway, dance and most of all, enjoy the music of the country. We may not understand the words of a musical selection but we do understand the beauty.
Have you ever heard the saying, 'Music soothes the savage beast?' It's true. Music can calm and revitalize us in ways even a lengthy nap can't. Music holds the power to elevate our moods above our worries and relieve debilitating depression. It can also perk us up if we use it with exercise or dance.
  
Try listening to classical music for a sense of power. Soft lullaby-like music to unwind. Medium-fast to fast selections for exercise and housecleaning.


 Here is an extract from Sri Chinmoy organization site ….

“Music is the inner or universal language of God. I do not know French or German or Italian. But if music is played, immediately the heart of the music enters into my heart, or my heart enters into the music. At that time, we do not need outer communication; the inner communion of the heart is enough. My heart is communing with the heart of the music and in our communion we become inseparably one.
In the spiritual world, next to meditation is music, the breath of music. Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silence is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.”

Aldous Huxley says: “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

May your life be full of the sound of music !!!