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The Wellsprings of Music

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Western music, the pride of our culture, is no longer what it should be and was: the highlight of our day, edifying and blissful. Our modern lives are ad nauseam saturated with music and wouldbe music. I do not speak of the dizzying quantity of concerts and recitals — we attend them or stay away as we please. But we cannot have our coffee break without the blaring interference of a non-stop loudspeaker on the wall or a jukebox in the corner; the savings-bank pours music over our head while we pass a check across the counter; railroad cars and buses feed us catchy or sentimental tunes instead of improving the service; and the neighbors force us to share in their radio and television orgies.

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Sachs, C. (1961). Thoughts and Methods. In: Kunst, J. (eds) The Wellsprings of Music. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1059-2_1

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