Word of the Day: PHILHARMONIC

Sweetness of the symphony

philharmonic (noun) - a specific orchestra, choir or society dedicated to music [fil-hahr-mon-ik]

BREAKDOWN: PHIL- (love) + HARMON- (agreement, harmony) + -IC (pertaining to)

• philharmonic also describes brings devoted to and appreciative of music and its performance

See also: philanthropist

“Every philharmonic orchestra merely interprets the composer. My goal was to create new music by that composer. In doing so, I wanted to find the painter's creative center and become familiar with it, so that I could see through his eyes how his paintings came about and, of course, see the new picture I was painting through his eyes - before I even painted it.” —Wolfgang Beltracchi

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