A book of collected speeches and lectures by Harnoncourt. He speaks about how music is understood today, how music where understood during Baroque times and the differences and contrasts between the two. He speaks about why he thinks we should change our approach to early music, in order to better understand and appreciate it and its purpose, among other subjects. Being based on vast amounts of experience and research, it has, at least for me, some mindblowing passages. On the downside, that the book contains such a vast variety of subjects makes it fragmented in its layout.