Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Johannes Brahms: 'If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Johannes Brahms: 'Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Discipline, work. Work, discipline.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'The real art of conducting consists in transitions.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'With the coming of spring, I am calm again.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Johannes Brahms: 'If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Johannes Brahms: 'Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'The real art of conducting consists in transitions.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.' Read More