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Composer Quotes

Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations Picture Quote #1

I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I’m working with Picture Quote #1

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer Picture Quote #1

I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist Picture Quote #1

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience Picture Quote #1

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned Picture Quote #1

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn’t have access to other types of music could never do. It means I’m more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer Picture Quote #1

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes Picture Quote #1

My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I’ve come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn’t, then I’d sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it Picture Quote #1

Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart’s blood of the composer Picture Quote #1

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Has the painter not always gone to an art school, or at least to an established master, for instruction? And the composer, the sculptor, the architect? Then why not the writer? Good poets, like good hybrid corn, are both born and made Picture Quote #1

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don’t want to write about anybody I don’t care about Picture Quote #1

One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult to assemble those things that really matter in life and to dwell among them only? I am referring to certain landscapes, persons, beasts, books, rooms, meteorological conditions, fruits. In fact, I insist on it. A letter is like a poem, it leaps into life and shows very clearly the marks, perhaps I should say thumbprints, of an unwilling or unready composer Picture Quote #1

I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went Picture Quote #1

The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer, but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again Picture Quote #1

A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live Picture Quote #1

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As your relationship with the music gets stronger, so does your motivation for playing it and finding different sounds. If you have the idea that you can find a colour that is better for one composer or another, even if it’s an illusion, this generates enormous pleasure Picture Quote #1

For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak, weep, sing and sigh, to recreate them in accordance with his own consciousness. In this way he, like the composer, is a creator, for he must have within himself those passions that he wishes to bring so intensely to life Picture Quote #1

With the new technology that keeps entering the media, film composers are constantly being placed in new learning situations. Acknowledging this and realizing that one must keep up, I maintain, nonetheless, that the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer Picture Quote #1

The public doesn’t want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead Picture Quote #1

Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may seem to him to be so; it is a problem of attitude to contemporary society and culture in relation to the basic human problem of learning to be human Picture Quote #1

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working Picture Quote #1

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Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary Picture Quote #1

Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing. No one would cast a dancing part with someone who cannot dance sufficiently to come up to professional standards. The same is true of acting. But when it comes to singing, more often than not it is amateur night... Either musicals should be written for specified performers in the first place, or they should be cast with people who are adequate to its dancing, acting and singing demands Picture Quote #1

A young pianist and composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing and his writing, as well as showing us all, his very strong commitment and motivation to aim for high musical goals. Talent like his is rare Picture Quote #1

If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed Picture Quote #1

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men’s work, but above all to one’s own! Picture Quote #1

Cooking is for capturing the taste of the food and then enhancing it, as a composer may take a theme and then delight us with his variations Picture Quote #1

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Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations (Composer Quotes) I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I’m working with (Composer Quotes) Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer (Composer Quotes) I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist (Composer Quotes) It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience (Composer Quotes) Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself (Composer Quotes) 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 (Composer Quotes) I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned (Composer Quotes) I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn’t have access to other types of music could never do. It means I’m more flexible within classical music, to be a servant to the composer (Composer Quotes) The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes (Composer Quotes) My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I’ve come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn’t, then I’d sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it (Composer Quotes) Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart’s blood of the composer (Composer Quotes) Has the painter not always gone to an art school, or at least to an established master, for instruction? And the composer, the sculptor, the architect? Then why not the writer? Good poets, like good hybrid corn, are both born and made (Composer Quotes) As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don’t want to write about anybody I don’t care about (Composer Quotes) One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult to assemble those things that really matter in life and to dwell among them only? I am referring to certain landscapes, persons, beasts, books, rooms, meteorological conditions, fruits. In fact, I insist on it. A letter is like a poem, it leaps into life and shows very clearly the marks, perhaps I should say thumbprints, of an unwilling or unready composer (Composer Quotes) I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went (Composer Quotes) The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer, but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again (Composer Quotes) A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live (Composer Quotes) As your relationship with the music gets stronger, so does your motivation for playing it and finding different sounds. If you have the idea that you can find a colour that is better for one composer or another, even if it’s an illusion, this generates enormous pleasure (Composer Quotes) For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak, weep, sing and sigh, to recreate them in accordance with his own consciousness. In this way he, like the composer, is a creator, for he must have within himself those passions that he wishes to bring so intensely to life (Composer Quotes) With the new technology that keeps entering the media, film composers are constantly being placed in new learning situations. Acknowledging this and realizing that one must keep up, I maintain, nonetheless, that the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer (Composer Quotes) The public doesn’t want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead (Composer Quotes) Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may seem to him to be so; it is a problem of attitude to contemporary society and culture in relation to the basic human problem of learning to be human (Composer Quotes) The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working (Composer Quotes) Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary (Composer Quotes) Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing. No one would cast a dancing part with someone who cannot dance sufficiently to come up to professional standards. The same is true of acting. But when it comes to singing, more often than not it is amateur night... Either musicals should be written for specified performers in the first place, or they should be cast with people who are adequate to its dancing, acting and singing demands (Composer Quotes) A young pianist and composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing and his writing, as well as showing us all, his very strong commitment and motivation to aim for high musical goals. Talent like his is rare (Composer Quotes) If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed (Composer Quotes) To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men’s work, but above all to one’s own! (Composer Quotes) Cooking is for capturing the taste of the food and then enhancing it, as a composer may take a theme and then delight us with his variations (Composer Quotes)

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