«Meanings develop only through crossings and thresholds, even better, through resistances. Thresholds and crossings are zones of secret, of incertitude, of transformation, of death, of fear, but also of nostalgia, of hope and of waiting. Their negativity determines the topology of passions» The thresholds invoked here by philosophers Byung-Chul Han - who stressed their indispensable place in order to sustain negativity, a fertile condition for mankind, for its creativity and its existential hygiene - shall be considered a vital elements within the reflection of music making today as well. In «Topolgia delle passioni» the threshold between noise