Translation from the publication: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, “Musik als Klangrede. Wege zu einem neuen Musikverstandnis.” The author of the book is perhaps the most famous authentic conductor of our time, NICHOLAU HARNONCOURT “Before playing difficult romantic literature, you usually get musical “food” from baroque works. I was very disappointed, I found them boring and sterile. On the other hand, I read that contemporaries went into a frenzy from this music - they threw themselves on the floor, tore their clothes. Then I thought: we are doing something wrong" (Nikolaus Harnoncourt) Thanks to the most valuable information that the reader will literally find in. Each section of this book opens up completely new possibilities for reading well-known musical texts. The author's main goal, it seems, is to save Baroque music not even from oblivion, but from something worse than oblivion - from misunderstanding. For performers and lovers of ancient music, everyone interested in the history of music and modern culture