Quote of the Day: Ludwig van Beethoven

This edition of PartTimeMusician.com’s Quote of the Day is brought to you by composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who obviously knew a thing or two about life and music.

“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”

Although it is rarely used this way nowadays, the word “sensual” here refers to the physical world, or things we experience through our senses. Herr Beethoven identifies something that many of us know instinctively and some even write dissertations about: the connection music makes between that which we can see and that which we cannot.

As you study, practice, or perform your music, remember that it fulfills a much greater role than chasing away silence; whether Twinkle or Tchaikovsky, music helps us reach heights unattainable through physical means.

Keep playing,
Kathy

P.S. – For more information about Ludwig van Beethoven, please see this article as a starting point. While we seldom think of them in this way, composers were real people with often-fascinating lives. Check it out!