Poetics of music in the form of six lessons

Some good (and some specious) phrases from one of music´s finest phrase-makers; a fascinating and sporadically valuable attempt to come to grips with the metaphysics of music; and a rich assortment of historical aperçus. More than that, it is, of course, an intimate profession of faith revealing the detailed ideological context of the music; it is also the source of that unforgettable advice to the violinists: ´It is ill becoming when playing, to spread one´s legs too far apart.´