When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal.

In f-major, c* is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f*.

Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin.

Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known to us without the aid of mathematics.

I try to conceal art with art.

Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables.

Nature endows us with the feeling that moves us in all our musical experiences; we might call her gift instinct.