Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never ta…

Franz Grillparzer
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Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object? ✨ Notebooks and Diaries. Book by Franz Grillparzer, 1820.
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Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object? ✨ Notebooks and Diaries. Book by Franz Grillparzer, 1820.

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