“The interpretation reflects my deepest respect for the major composition of the musical literature.”
Talkings on Bach
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A General History of Music ([1776-89] 1935) vol. 1, page 22
“Music is the deepest of the arts and deep beneath the arts.”
Harvard University Department of Music, Music and Criticism, A Symposium (May 1947; published 1948, p. 11 https://archive.org/details/musiccriticismsy00symp/page/10)
“Philosophy … bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.”
“Logological Fragments,” Philosophical Writings, M. Stolijar, trans. (Albany: 1997) #12
“Sound poetry is a fusion of music and literature.”
The Origin of Happenings (1976)
Variant: Concrete poetry is a fusion of visual art and poetry.
“The music that can deepest reach,
And cure all ill, is cordial speech.”
Merlin's Song II
1860s, May-Day and Other Pieces (1867)
Interview with Michael Joyce in Pif (January 2000)
Source: Steve Reich, Paul Hillier (2002) Writings on Music, 1965-2000, p. 35