Richard Morrison
ost of us would agree that music is a language, arguably humanity’s most expressive and oldest language. What it doesn’t have, unlike speech and writing, is precision. Music can be used to express, for example, a feeling of love towards someone – as Gustav Mahler did for Alma in his Fifth Symphony’s – but not to say ‘where were you till 3am last night?’ (possibly a question he wanted to ask later in their marriage).
