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“What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself, -- it is the purest, most ethereal language of passion, showing in a thousand ways all possible changes of colour and feeling; and though true in only a single instance, it yet can be understood by thousands of men -- who all feel differently.”

Quote by Carl Maria von Weber

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Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber, born on November 18, 1786 and died on June 5, 1826, was a German composer renowned for his operas and piano works. His music had a profound impact on the romanticism of later music. more

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