Messa da Requiem: Critical Edition Stud...
A source page for quotes linked to Giuseppe Verdi.
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“A man like Verdi must write like Verdi.”
Source: Messa da Requiem: Critical Edition Study Score
“It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better.”
“Oh, you happy sons of the North who have been reared at the bosom of Bach, how I envy you!”
“To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.”
Source: Verdi's Otello and Simon Boccanegra (revised version) in letters and documents