"Tonality itself - with its process of instilling expectations and subsequently withholding promised fulfillment until climax - is the principal musical means during the period from 1600 to 1900 for arousing and channeling desire."

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Source : Susan McClary (2017). “Reading Music: Selected Essays”, p.147, Routledge

Susan McClary

#Mean Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Musical Quotes

“A gypsy fire is on the hearth, Sign of the carnival of mirth; Through the dun fields and from the glade Flash merry folk in masquerade, For this is Hallowe'en!”
“So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold â€” by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.”

Source : William Allen White (1937). “Forty Years on Main Street”
“It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.”
“Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.”

Source : "A door to freedom" by Chris Ofili, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2009.
“There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur'an.”
“Love is the Song of the Soul singing to God.”
“I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.”
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.”

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