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 Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'A good composer does not imitate; he steals.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'My music is best understood by children and animals.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
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
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Gustav Mahler: 'A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'A good composer does not imitate; he steals.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Igor Stravinsky: 'My music is best understood by children and animals.' Read More