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Quote by Ludwig van Beethoven

“This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.”

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Ludwig van Beethoven, born in Bonn, Germany in 1770, was an outstanding composer whose works had a profound impact on classical and romantic music, regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music. more

“We musicians, like everyone else, are numb with sorrow at this murder, and with rage at the senselessness of the crime. But this sorrow and rage will not inflame us to seek retribution; rather they will inflame our art. Our music will never again be quite the same. This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. And with each note we will honor the spirit of John Kennedy, commemorate his courage, and reaffirm his faith in the Triumph of the Mind.”

Mind Art Spirit Violence Crime Honor Sorrow Musician Murder Notes Rage Triumph Numb Retribution John Kennedy Senselessness

Author:Leonard Bernstein

“My favourite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write: I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard.”

Writing Order Heard Havens Music Is Favourite

Author:John Cage

“Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.”

Church Modern Music Is Congregation Church Music

Author:Desiderius Erasmus

“The reactions music evokes are not feelings, but they are the images, memories of feelings.”

Feelings Memories Reactions Evoke

Book:A composer's world, horizons and limitations

Source: A composer's world, horizons and limitations

“I am not of the opinion that all the arts shall be crushed to earth and perish through the Gospel, as some bigoted persons pretend, but would willingly see them all, and especially music, servants of Him who gave and created them.”

Persons Art Earth Opinion Servant Crushed

Author:Martin Luther

“There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.”

Thinking Writing Firsts Two Song Down And Two Things

Author:Paul McCartney

“I have never doubted the importance of melody. I like melody very much, and I consider it the most important element in music, and I labour many years on the improvement of its quality in my compositions.”

Years Important Quality Elements Importance Improvement Labour Melody Composition Doubted

Author:Sergei Prokofiev

“I've had only three wives and three guitars in my life, though I've flirted with others.”

Three Wife Guitar

Author:Andres Segovia

“Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians.”

Impossible Communication Musician Music Is Verbal Communication

Book:The State of Music: A Library of America E-Book Classic

Source: The State of Music: A Library of America E-Book Classic

“Two years of close association with some of the best (as well as some of the worst) tunes in the world was a better musical education than any amount of sonatas and fugues.”

World Years Wells Two Worst Amount Musical Tunes Two Years Association Fugue Sonatas Musical Education

Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams

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