Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. (Franz Liszt)

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Franz Liszt

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