After experiencing a violent thunder storm just last Wednesday and Thursday, I've started questioning myself, "Does music have power?" When the music grows louder, when drums clash, when the string instruments run up and down loudly, when the horns surprise, and when flutes hum like an angry eagle, looking for someone to devour. Music creates an emotion or mood that makes us feel happy, sad, angry, excited, afraid, etc. It also relates with what you feel or think about the environment, the weather, nature, the universe, and other things. That is the power of music. But how about this, music can make something more worse? I'll tell you about what happened when I was experiencing a frightening thunderstorm.
Wednesday night, I was in our house with my parents. After dinner, a thunderstorm came. I was washing the dishes that time, then I took my phone to play music so that I could wash the dishes faster. I played the 5th Symphony of Beethoven, the 1st movement. But before I tell you what happened, let me tell you about the 5th Symphony. When Beethoven was composing the 5th Symphony, he can't think of how would the symphony would be. When he was at home, he heard someone knocking on his door, and also made the exact sound of what his symphony would be. While Beethoven was walking back home, a strong thunderstorm came by. The thunder was so loud. Then after, Beethoven combined the knock of a door and a thunderstorm in 1st movement of his 5th Symphony. So as what I was saying, while playing the 5th symphony, the rain grew stronger, the winds blew faster, and when the fortes came, that's when the thunder strikes. There were also blackouts. When the song ended, the rain shoot tiny droplets, the winds calmed, and the thunder seized shouting.
I woke up 7:00 am, it was Thursday, I was alone in the house, and I switched the T.V. on. News says another thunderstorm is expected to occur at noon. 1:00 pm, as I was waiting, I played again the 5th Symphony along with the thunderstorm. As what happened on Wednesday, the weather grew worse! So, that made me think. Music is something powerful. It's like words. Once you say something, it happens, like the movie Home Alone. It kind a also relates to Beethoven's belief, "Music is a higher revelation." At first, it was a bit confusing, then I understood. Music can affect human kind when one sings it with heart.
So this my reminder to composers, musicians, and listeners, be careful of songs you compose, play or sing, or listen, because once you sing it with passion, it can affect you. It can affect good to you, it can also be bad. - Iolo von Traugott
