harmonic abstractions

[theladyrose]

There's something profoundly disturbing by how beautiful the music of war is. Strip away the harsh dissonance and the sharp discipline of an even-numbered time signature, and you're left with moments of piercing lyricism to which no love theme can compare. Should we be surprised, then, that the death scene in any good war movie is more liable to break your heart than the fleeting romance?

Perhaps it's music's way of reminding us that conflict can bring out the most terrible and the most noble in us.