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Music & literature
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How can a piece of music be sad when it has no feelings to have?
I design puzzle games, and we have just finished the soundtrack for our new one. In the final level the player has to leave a companion character behind, and our composer wrote a slow piece for it. Playtesters keep telling us the…
Started by Huang Wei-ting4 replies160 views -
What is music for? Xunzi, Plato and my parish choir
I play the organ at a parish church in Kraków and teach music theory at a secondary school. Every Sunday I see music do something to a congregation that a sermon can't, and I want to know what philosophers have thought that…
Started by Agnieszka Malinowska5 replies183 views -
My lecturer says the poet’s own explanation doesn’t count. Where does that idea come from?
In a seminar last week we were reading a Malayalam poem by a living poet, and I brought in an interview where she explains what one of the images means. My lecturer listened politely and then said that what the poet says…
Started by Kavya Menon4 replies202 views