“I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative switftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.” InspirationalFeelsCharacterPoetryMusicAudienceSceneExperienceMiseryMereTerrorCommunicateScreensDialogueLiftsNarrativeRealmsReachingLinksComposerReach OutGrandeurSound Of MusicGaietyBackground Music Author:Bernard Herrmann
“Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning - the music itself, which, after all, is the whole reason for the conductor's existence.” MadeReasonWholeEffortExistenceAudienceHumbleChiefsComposerRequirementsGlamorousBe HumbleConductor Author:Leonard Bernstein
“As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding. The most important thing for the performer is, after all, to create a special atmosphere - we enter the composer's feelings and emotions and recreate them freshly for a given audience.” ImportantFeelingsGivenUnderstandingEmotionRolesAudiencePiecesSpecialParticularLogicImportant ThingsAtmosphereInterpretationPerformersComposerFeelings And EmotionsPianist Author:Rafal Blechacz
“I usually need a lot of time to be completely alone with the particular piece, the composer, and the instrument. I also prefer a very quiet atmosphere, and I usually choose pieces that are very close to my personality, my heart. I think the audience can feel it.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsHeartAudiencePiecesParticularPersonalityMy HeartQuietInstrumentsAtmosphereComposer Author:Rafal Blechacz
“Before writing a single note of music, and even before the spotting session, I find it best to sit down with the director and just listen to him or her talk about the film - what they're trying to say, what they want the audience to understand or believe, and a thousand other similar questions. The director has most likely been living with the film for years before a composer is attached, and so the director's inclinations, desires, and understanding of the film are paramount.” WantWritingTryingYearsBelieveFilmDesireUnderstandingAudienceThousandDirectorsNotesComposerInclinationSessionJust ListenParamount Author:John Keltonic
“The most important person is the audience and the composer. The rest of us - and even the composer is a servant to the audience. And of course, the audience is a servant to the higher art.” PersonsArtImportantCoursesAudienceHigherServantComposerImportant PersonMost Important Person Author:Dolora Zajick
“I think a lot of people get intimidated by the language of music, but everyone owns music. I think there's nothing standing in between a composer and her audience. I think a lot of people feel that way because they feel it's rarefied, but it's really not. You should feel the impact of it without being able to name it because it's ultimately a primal thing.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsShouldAbleNamesLanguageAudienceStandingImpactComposerIntimidatedPrimal Author:Jeanine Tesori