Music creates order out of ... by Yehudi Menuhin, an American Musician

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“Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.”

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Name: Yehudi Menuhin

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 22, 1916

Date of Death: Mar 12, 1999

Profession: Musician

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Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.

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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.

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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.

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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.

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