Having thus excluded conversation and desisted from study, he had neither business nor amusement. His ideas, therefore, being neither renovated by discourse nor increased by reading, wore gradually away, till at last his anger congealed into madness.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
When Did Classical Music Get So Darn Loud?
The world got louder, and so did the orchestra. After all, “before the Industrial Revolution, the principal sources of noise were thunder, church bells and cannon fire.”
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