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Quote by Wolfgang Hildesheimer

“How can such a disproportionately large number of people have a definite, and unusually positive relationship to Mozart?”

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Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Wolfgang Hildesheimer was a German author known for his profound literary works and his focus on social issues. His writings spanned various literary forms, including novels, plays, and essays, and had a significant impact on German literature. more

“Mozart's mental grip never loosens; he never abandons himself to any one sense; even at his most ecstatic moments his mind is vigorous, alert, and on the wing. He dives unerringly on to his finest ideas like a bird of prey, and once an idea is seized he soars off again with an undiminished power.”

Mind Ideas Moments Bird Wings Abandon Finest Soar Prey Vigorous Ecstatic Birds Of Prey

Author:Walter J. Turner

“The riddle of Mozart is precisely that "the man" refuses to be a key for solving it. In death, as in life, he conceals himself behind his work.”

Men Behinds He Man Keys Refuse Riddle

Book:Mozart

Source: Mozart

“If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity.”

Ifs Writing Trying Purity

Author:Johannes Brahms

“Together with the puzzle, Mozart gives you the solution.”

Giving Together Solutions Puzzles

Author:Ferruccio Busoni

“Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.”

Source Flow Spontaneity Refinement Breathtaking

Author:Aaron Copland

“Mozart's music is particularly difficult to perform. His admirable clarity exacts absolute cleanness: the slightest mistake in it stands out like black on white. It is music in which all the notes must be heard.”

Difficult Black White Mistake Heard Music Is Absolutes Notes Clarity Standing Out Admirable

Author:Gabriel Faure

“Mozart shows a creative power of such magnitude that one can virtually say that he tossed out of himself one great masterpiece after another.”

Shows Creative Masterpiece Magnitude Creative Power

Author:Claudio Arrau

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