It is the belief of
Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary music
fraternity that "Music is a
universal language and
truly the
greatest of the
arts."
True,
love could be though of as a universal language, but even love must be expressed through some
medium, does it not? Even the word "love" doesn't translate into every language.
Body language may express some emotions, but not all emotions are easily
expressed in that
manner. Every emotion can be expressed through
music.
Happiness,
anger,
sorrow, and even
love all have their place in music.
Take, for example,
Rite of Spring by
Igor Stravinsky. This ballet represents a
fertility rite, during which a girl is
sacrified. Listening to this piece of music
invokes emotions deep inside of me. It
angers me. If I'm in a
bad mood, I can not listen to this song, or I become extremely
depressed.
You don't need to understand
Russian, to understand what Stravinsky meant to
portray in this
ballet.