“ The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. ”
E. M. Forster, A Room with a View (1908). copy citation
| Author | E. M. Forster |
|---|---|
| Source | A Room with a View |
| Topic | music culture |
| Date | 1908 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2641/2641-h/2641-h.htm |
Context
“It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave. The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marvelling how he has escaped us, and thinking how we could worship him and love him, would he but translate his visions into human words, and his experiences into human actions.”
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