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Leo Ornstein Quotes

To the person that deals in visualizations, I suppose there is something rather exciting about a whole set of people - they all going symmetrically, up or down, in a military sort of precision Picture Quote #1

But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple Picture Quote #1

Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent Picture Quote #1

I distrust anything that you don’t hear Picture Quote #1

Improvisation is terribly haphazard Picture Quote #1

In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor Picture Quote #1

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Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract Picture Quote #1

A person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide Picture Quote #1

We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out of technique, or else it becomes perfectly evident that it is nothing but technique that you’re exercising Picture Quote #1

Well, no. I believe that it’s not at all impossible that some of the performances that I’ve heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether Picture Quote #1

Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music Picture Quote #1

Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he’s actually trying to create his own language Picture Quote #1

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There are some people, by the way, that associate a certain amount of visualization with the performance of music. Those are people that really are not centrally concerned only with music, the traditional things Picture Quote #1

Now, what we are not talking about, what you’re really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you’re doing, what you’re trying to express Picture Quote #1

No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I think it’s that inner urge that you want to express when you write a piece of music Picture Quote #1

I’m really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I’m writing music Picture Quote #1

I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very complicated, there’s really a push to the world to try to figure out what it was that he was hearing Picture Quote #1

You write it down because finally, when it’s written down you do get it out of your system somewhat Picture Quote #1

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The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best Picture Quote #1

I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden Picture Quote #1

By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There’s no specific line, as you know Picture Quote #1

By the visual pattern, but mostly I’m guided entirely by my ear, what I hear Picture Quote #1

Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we get in the fact of having this diffuse thing organized very concretely and put onto a frame and have it actually decided Picture Quote #1

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To the person that deals in visualizations, I suppose there is something rather exciting about a whole set of people - they all going symmetrically, up or down, in a military sort of precision (Leo Ornstein Quotes) But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent (Leo Ornstein Quotes) I distrust anything that you don’t hear (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Improvisation is terribly haphazard (Leo Ornstein Quotes) In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract (Leo Ornstein Quotes) A person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide (Leo Ornstein Quotes) We can use techniques in modifying things, in controlling things, but the first impulse has to be something that you simply cannot make just out of technique, or else it becomes perfectly evident that it is nothing but technique that you’re exercising (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Well, no. I believe that it’s not at all impossible that some of the performances that I’ve heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Today, with a recording, he can hear the thing enough times until he really gets acquainted with the language, and then he can begin to make an estimate of the intrinsic, aesthetic value of that piece of music (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he’s actually trying to create his own language (Leo Ornstein Quotes) There are some people, by the way, that associate a certain amount of visualization with the performance of music. Those are people that really are not centrally concerned only with music, the traditional things (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Now, what we are not talking about, what you’re really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you’re doing, what you’re trying to express (Leo Ornstein Quotes) No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I think it’s that inner urge that you want to express when you write a piece of music (Leo Ornstein Quotes) I’m really interested in writing a piece of music that will move you, that will really move you. That is really the only reason that I’m writing music (Leo Ornstein Quotes) I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very complicated, there’s really a push to the world to try to figure out what it was that he was hearing (Leo Ornstein Quotes) You write it down because finally, when it’s written down you do get it out of your system somewhat (Leo Ornstein Quotes) The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment (Leo Ornstein Quotes) It doesn’t necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best (Leo Ornstein Quotes) I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden (Leo Ornstein Quotes) By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There’s no specific line, as you know (Leo Ornstein Quotes) By the visual pattern, but mostly I’m guided entirely by my ear, what I hear (Leo Ornstein Quotes) Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we get in the fact of having this diffuse thing organized very concretely and put onto a frame and have it actually decided (Leo Ornstein Quotes)