The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending |
The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do. |
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead. |
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. |
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. |
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. |
What force is more potent than love? |
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators. |
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos? |