Music, music, music. In the words of Carlyle, "Music is well said to be the speech of angels."(1) Or Longfellow, "Music is the universal language of mankind."(2) Shakespeare: "If music be the food of love, play on."(3) Music.

Sometime back public school music teachers compiled some answers that youngsters gave to test questions:(4)

• Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part you better not try to sing.

• A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.

• Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was rather large.

• Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music...Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died from this.

• Music sung by two people at the same time is called a duel. I know what a sextet is but I had rather no…