I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
“That Beethoven was capable of producing the ultimate musical definition of heroism in this context is itself extraordinary, for he was able… — Maynard Solomon Copy Share Image
“You'll have a good, secure life when being alive means more to you than security, love more than money, your freedom more… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“A deaf composer's like a cook who's lost his sense of taste. A frog that's lost its webbed feet. A truck driver… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator. — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
We soaked up everything from Beethoven to Chopin to Jimi Hendrix to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
“Well, what do you think? Avanti?" "Avanti," cries everyone, and, after a few quick re-tunings of our instruments, and re-initialisings of our… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time. — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
“When Milton met Beethoven he said 'I've been told that you cannot hear.' And that was true, but Beethoven read Milton's lips… — Nate Denver Copy Share Image
“[ When asked why are numbers beautiful ?] It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven ’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you… — Paul Erdos Copy Share Image
Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Berg imply a type of pianist who is intellectual. That's not always associated with female soloists. — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
What makes a Beethoven symphony spectacular, what makes a Brahms rhapsody spectacular is that the patterns are wondrous. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I'm trying to learn classical piano, Mozart and Beethoven and stuff. I took lessons when I was younger and now I sort… — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
“It was the quartets of Beethoven (numbers 12,13,14, and 15) which over fifty years, created and expanded the the audience of listeners… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in. — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick! — Candy Crowley Copy Share Image
To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
“Beethoven said that it's better to hit the wrong note confidently, than hit the right note unconfidently. Never be afraid to be… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
“He supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.” — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“… the conjunction of Beethoven’s last symphonic masterpiece with crucial works or events in the lives of so many other outstanding artists… — Harvey Sachs Copy Share Image
After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
“A burst of Beethoven that would have made the composer glad he was deaf erupted from her i-Phone.” — Ian Simpson Copy Share Image
