Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Antonín Dvořák: 'Maðurinn er það sem hann trúir. - Anton Tsjekov' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Giuseppe Verdi: 'I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Giuseppe Verdi: 'You may have the universe if I may have Italy.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Schubert: 'The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Schubert: 'Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Schubert: 'If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Hector Berlioz: 'Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Antonín Dvořák: 'Maðurinn er það sem hann trúir. - Anton Tsjekov' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Richard Strauss: 'The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Giuseppe Verdi: 'I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Giuseppe Verdi: 'You may have the universe if I may have Italy.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Schubert: 'The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Schubert: 'Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Schubert: 'If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have.' Read More