Music Infused with Nature
By Joshua Berrett
“How glad I am to be able to roam in wood and thicket, among the trees, and flowers and rocks. No one can love the country as I do…My bad hearing does not trouble me here. In the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying ‘Holy ! Holy!’ In the woods there is enchantment which expresses all things.” - Beethoven
Ageless Mind Project co-founder, Joshua Berrett - himself an accomplished musician and music historian - writes with compassion and insight about the lives of composers and the pieces they crafted. Most recently, he’s been exploring Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastoral,” which was deeply influenced by the composer’s love of the natural world. In his most recent post, Berrett looks closely at the second through fifth movements in which Beethoven shares the almost “…unbearable the torment” he experienced as a result of going deaf. You can access the post, entitled Beethoven’s Love of Nature Part cont. by clicking HERE.
Josh’s piece fits nicely with our nature theme in which we’ve asked members of our community to share their relationships with the natural world and how those relationships affect their overall wellbeing. You can read all previous posts by clicking on the titles below:
As I Age: The Play of LIght on Water by Leon Brown, Jr.
Curiosity and Love by Kate Morgan Reade
When I Die by Audrey Roth
Chat Walks by Jena Ball and Ginger Caldwell
Walking Meditation by Maria Brown
My Roots by Audrey Roth
Exploring Nature with Beethoven by Joshua Berrett
The Zen of Floofles by Lorraine Evanoff
Corresponding with Nature by Phil Youngblood and Lynne Berrett
True Synchronicity by Lorraine Tillbury
A Magical Beethoven Experinece by Joshua Berrett
Parallel Walking by Sheila Webber
Luminosity by Jena Ball
Chenonceau Castle by Lorraine Tilbury
My First Experiment by Lynne Berrett
Nature Journaling with Phil by Phil Youngblood
Rhythm as Old as Time by Gloria Horton-Young
Sing the Song of Your People by Jena Ball
Cultivating and Ageless Mind with Nature by Phil Youngblood
A Life Shaped by Nature by Phil Youngblood
An Invitation
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