Music
An air attributed to Mersenne was used by Ottorino Respighi in his second suite of Ancient Airs and Dances.
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“When we are in health, all sounds fife and drum for us; we hear the notes of music in the air, or catch its echoes dying away when we awake in the dawn.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)
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The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear!
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Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.”
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