It was French composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918) who said: “Music is the space between the notes.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), from an earlier era, might have agreed with him.
Mozart said, “The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.”
There is reason to listen to what Debussy had to say.
His compositions contain some of the loveliest musical notes ever written.
Never mind the spaces between.
As for Mozart?
His musical genius is universally recognized.
To paraphrase the old ad for E F Hutton stock brokerage firm, when he speaks, maybe we should listen.
The music of both composers endures to this day and enriches the lives of those of us who love classical music.
In 2003, British writer Mark Haddon wrote a book called “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.”
It may have been his most famous work.
I found the title alone intriguing.
