10 Quotes about Music from famous composers

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2 min readDec 19, 2014

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Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN QUOTES

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. ~ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH QUOTES

Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable. ~ LEONARD BERNSTEIN QUOTES

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another… and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world. ~ LEONARD BERNSTEIN QUOTES

Music is the space between the notes. ~ CLAUDE DEBUSSY QUOTES

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today. ~ GEORGE GERSHWIN QUOTES

Modern music is as dangerous as narcotics. ~ PIETRO MASCAGNI QUOTES

When I wished to sing of love it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow it was transformed for me into love. ~ FRANZ SCHUBERT QUOTES

A good composer does not imitate; he steals. ~ IGOR STRAVINSKY QUOTES

Music is … A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy. ~ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN QUOTES

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