/lit/ - Literature

>>10191393
I reject this idea that you need to read about music to write music. You might be able to learn HOW to write if you absolutely cannot write at all from nothing. But if you have the gift, you have the gift.

Edward Elgar, entire self taught:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2OhGH3rFi4

>Arnold Schoenberg called himself an "autodidact" in an interview.[13] Other largely self-taught composers include notably Hans Zimmer,[14] Danny Elfman, Havergal Brian, Nobuo Uematsu, Joachim Raff, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji,[15] Bohuslav Martinů,[16] Georg Philipp Telemann, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Toru Takemitsu and Edward Elgar.[citation needed]

Music is abstract, and even infants can recognize scales. It is intrinsic to being human. Infants can't read and they can barely speak.

There's a disconnect there.

Any anons interested in moustaches here? What are your favourite books on them? What do you think makes the perfect moustache?