We can no longer maintain any distinction between music and discourse about music, between the supposed object of analysis and the terms of analysis. - discourse

A discourse is "a language or system of representation that has developed socially in order to make and circulate a coherent set of meanings about an important topic area."

Translation: Discourses are tactical elements or blocks operating in the field of force relations; there can exist different and even contradictory discourses within the same strategy; they can, on the contrary, circulate without changing their form from one strategy to another, opposing strategy.

Your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.