... of Dionysus from a "destruction of the principium individuationis [into] an artistic phenomenon- in the form of music and dancing. The transformed Dionysus now provided redemption for the Greeks (Cockburn; Nietzsche 39,40). This new Dionysian form of music was very different than the previous Apollonian form. Apollonian music consisted of "tones that were merely suggestive . . . whose formative power was developed ... straightforward music was the best and that rhythmic and melodic complexities were connected with depression and disorder. Counterpoint, a form of music with a note-for-not...

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