I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'
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The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.
The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.
Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. - Talking to Myself.
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. - Talking to Myself.
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast,"
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast,"
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.rn
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.rn
