Classical Quote

[Antonmb]

“Listening to the 5th Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.”
- Aaron Copland

[Masterlu]

[jimtranr]

Then again, Copland caught a barb himself from Walter Damrosch, who, after conducting the premiere of the then-young composer's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (later re-orchestrated as Symphony No. 1), said:

"If a gifted young man can write a symphony like that at age twenty-three, within five years he will be ready to commit murder."

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by jimtranr

then again, copland caught a barb himself from walter damrosch, who, after conducting the premiere of the then-young composer's symphony for organ and orchestra (later re-orchestrated as symphony no. 1), said:



"if a gifted young man can write a symphony like that at age twenty-three, within five years he will be ready to commit murder."

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[hobie1dog]

Georg Frideric Handel: “I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wish to make them better.”

[hobie1dog]

Leonard Bernstein: “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.”

[bart]

Originally Posted by hobie1dog

Leonard Bernstein: “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.”

That's a very wise one...

[cleeds]

Bernstein was a pretty sharp guy.

He also said:
The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.

[joel_hifi]

Lots of excellent quotes, some of my favorites:

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” – Confucius

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” – Sergei Rachmaninoff

[62caddy]

Music is a higher revelation than philosophy - Beethoven