Origins of language:Prelude

Updated: Mar 17

It is not about scientific proof of where languages came from.

A single beautiful recording inspired me

and made my thoughts take off into the sky.

Sound came first because ancient mankind wanted to communicate.

A combination of sounds was probably attached to a certain meaning.

…and then intonations came in. Rhythms took shape.

Singing began.

So music was born.

Have you ever had a moment where you couldn’t help but sing?

The moment music touches the deepest and innermost part of us,

When was the last time you sang from your heart?

Music always awaits you.

Here is a recording of Samuel Feinberg playing and singing Schumann’s “Einsame Blumen” from Waldszenen, Op. 82.

Lyrics and English translation;

Aus meinen Träumen spriessen

Viel blühende Blumen hervor

Und meine Seufzer werden

Ein Nachtigallenchor.

Und wenn du mich lieb hast, Kindchen, schenk “ich dir die Blumen all

Und vor deinem Fenster soll klingen

Das Lied der Nachtigall.”Innere Stimme!

Sprout from my dreams

Lots of blooming flowers

And my sighs will be

A choir of nightingales.

And if you love me, little child, I will give you all the flowers

And there should be sound outside your window

The Song of the Nightingale.”

Inner Voice!

*This reflection is part of the Origins of Music series.

This work may not be reproduced without permission.

These reflections grow out of ongoing work at the piano, in teaching, and in performance.

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