Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Truth is a great flirt.' Read More Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.' Read More 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 Newer Posts Older Posts
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.' Read More
Virgil 12/4/23 Virgil 12/4/23 Franz Liszt: 'Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.' Read More
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