Saturday, February 21, 2009

Reflections on the organ

The organ is a sonorous shadow made up of sound and silence.

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Even when played at full blast, the organ has something of velvet and silence.  A well played organ is the instrument full of innocence.

The organ for the temporal order has not yet been invented.

The organ says: harmony of harmonies, all is harmony.  Gregorian chant says: vanity of vanities, all is vanity.  Both are sublime.

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The stained glass window displays color the way the organ plays sound.

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