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Music is a mysterious mathematical process whose
elements are a part of Infinity. It is allied to the movement of the waters,
to the play of curves described by the changing breezes. Nothing is more
musical than a sunset! For anyone who can be moved by what they see can
learn the greatest lessons in development here. That is to say, they can
read them in Nature’s book—a book not well enough known
among musicians,
who tend to read nothing but their own books about what the Masters have
said, respectfully stirring the dust on their works. All very well, but
perhaps Art goes deeper than this.
Claude Debussy
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