Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history… All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more […]
Music Quotes
Music that gentler on the spirit lies- Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
I worry that the person who thought up musak may be thinking up something else.
No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of […]
Some have thought deeply and explored the meaning of thy truth, and they are great; I have listened to catch the music of thy play, and I am glad.
God tells me how the music should sound, but “you” stand in the way. (to a member of his orchestra)
Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death.
Music fills the infinite between two souls, which has been muffled by the mist of our daily habits.
After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: “Dear Sir, I wish to inform you that the man who played the long thing you pull in and out only did so during the brief periods you were looking at him.”
All music is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments, it is not the violins and the cornets, it is not the oboe nor the beating drums, nor the score of the baritone singer singing his sweet romanza, nor that of the men’s chorus, nor that of the woman’s chorus It […]
