There are melodies that must have words... and melodies that sing themselves without words. The latter are of a higher grade. But these, too, depend on a voice and lips,... hence are not yet altogether pure, not yet genuine spirit. Genuine melody sings itself without a voice. It sings inside, within the heart, in man's very entrails!


Mekubolim, 1906. Alle Verk, vi. 53.

Isaac Leib Peretz Quotes

There are melodies that must have words... and melodies that sing themselves without words. The latter are of a higher grade. But these, too, depend...

There are melodies that must have words... and melodies that sing themselves without words. The latter are of a higher grade. But these, too, depend...

There are melodies that must have words... and melodies that sing themselves without words. The latter are of a higher grade. But these, too, depend...

There are melodies that must have words... and melodies that sing themselves without words. The latter are of a higher grade. But these, too, depend...