“I think one can achieve a very pleasant lifestyle by treating human beings, fellow human beings, very well.” ThinkingLifeHumansWellsWealthHuman BeingsAchieveFellowsLifestylePleasant Author:Rene Rivkin
“As a composer seeking to remain anonymous I am shy of confessing my musical activity. This is intelligible enough. For others it is their chief business, the occupation and aim of life. For me it is a relaxation, a pastime which distracts me from my principal business, my professorship. I love my profession and my science. I love the Academy and my pupils, male and female, because to direct the work of young people, one must be close to them.” PeopleEnoughYoungActivityFemaleDirectAimMalesMusicalSeekingProfessionChiefsShyOccupationComposerPrincipalRelaxationAcademyPupilsPastimeConfessingAim Of LifeProfessorship Author:Alexander Borodin
“Once in a while, a teacher gets rewarded with a brilliant student. My two years with Dan Szabo at the New England Conservatory were indeed a gift -- he is a pianist with unlimited potential and a composer that makes my heart sing. I deeply feel that he is an important musician for the coming years.” FeelsYearsHeartTwoImportantTeacherStudentsMy HeartMusicianEnglandBrilliantTwo YearsComposerUnlimitedPianistNew EnglandConservatoryUnlimited Potential Author:Bob Brookmeyer
“A pianist with skill, touch, musicality and a gift for making songs from songs. Plus, he can swing! Give a listen” GivingSongSkillsPlusSwingsPianistMusicality Author:Bob Brookmeyer
“Fred Sturm has proven to be a great asset to the musical world as a teacher, composer and author. His gifts have enriched the musical life of all the people who have been fortunate enough to share his wisdom and musicality.” PeopleWorldHas BeensEnoughTeacherShareMusicalFortunateAssetsComposerProvenMusical LifeMusicality Author:Bob Brookmeyer
“Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.” ArtFeelingsBeautifulImaginationGrantsOrgans Book:Vom Musikalisch-Schönen Source: Vom Musikalisch-Schönen
“The course hitherto pursued in musical aesthetics has nearly always been hampered by the false assumption that the object was not so much to inquire into what is beautiful in music as to describe the feelings which music awakens.” FeelingsBeautifulCoursesObjectsMusicalAssumptionPursuedAestheticsFalse Assumptions Book:Vom Musikalisch-Schönen Source: Vom Musikalisch-Schönen
“Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear.” GivingFirstsFirst TimeEarsNotionViolinHideousStinkTchaikovsky Author:Eduard Hanslick
“I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything have one primary concern - mankind.” ArtistWalksMankindPaintingConcernMedicineCraftsPrimariesDescriptionSculptureWalks Of Life Author:Chico Hamilton
“So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that.” TryingLittlesHardSpacePlayerMagicMinesHornsParadigmHornyTrying Hard Author:Charlie Hunter