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The Function of the Inner Breath in Music

The Process of Conception in the Musical Creation

Due to this infinitely subtle inner breath
4, 6-9, 11, 15-21

the mind,
1.-3. 2, 3, 12.-14. 22, 23, 19.-21. 34, 35

and therefore also the musical creation,
7, 8, 15
6, 9, 16
4, 11, 18
5, 10, 17
6. 10, 11, 9. 14, 15, 16. 26, 27
5. 9, 6. 10, 10. 16, 17, 17. 28, 29
5. 6, 7, 10. 18, 19, 17. 30, 31
4. 4, 5, 11. 20, 21, 18. 32, 33

and the musical performance as well, become enlivened
7, 8, 15
6, 9, 16
4, 11, 18
5, 10, 17
1.-3. 2, 3, 11. 21, 12.-14. 22, 23, 18. 33, 19.-21. 34, 35

and blossom into a work of art.

The Shift towards Grossness in Music

If this inner breath is only slightly effective on the level of the mind – which means that the coordination between inner breath and mind is only poorly developed – then the intellectual interests of man will gravitate all automatically, and as if matter of course, rather towards the mundane sphere of the lifeless, and will principally concern themselves with expressions of the material world. 1-3