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title: "2 Ageless Quotes By Peter Warlock"
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> [Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/music-is-neither-old-nor-modern-it-is-either-good-or-bad-music-and/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/peter-warlock-60156_ageless_music-is-neither-old-nor-modern-it-is-ei_219086.jpg)

> [All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/all-good-music-whatever-its-date-is-ageless-as-alive-and-significant/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/peter-warlock-60156_ageless_all-good-music-whatever-its-date-is-agel_319116.jpg)

## More by Peter Warlock

> [Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/music-is-neither-old-nor-modern-it-is-either-good-or-bad-music-and/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

> [All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/all-good-music-whatever-its-date-is-ageless-as-alive-and-significant/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

> [All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/all-old-music-was-modern-once-and-much-more-of-the-music-of-yesterday/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

> [Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/music-is-neither-old-nor-modern-it-is-either-good-or-bad-music-and-2/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

> [Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-warlock/dates-and-periods-are-of-interest-only-to-the-student-of-musical/)

[Peter Warlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-warlock/)

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