What terrible harm Wagner did by interspersing his pages of genius with harmonic and modulatory outrages to which both young and old are gradually becoming accustomed and which have procreated d'Indy and Richard Strauss. — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
Thus having been undeservedly accepted at the Conservatory as a professor, I soon became one of its best and possibly its very best pupil,… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
Orchestration is part of the very soul of the work. A work is thought out in terms of the orchestra, certain tone-colors being inseparable… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
What terrible harm Wagner did by interspersing his pages of genius with harmonic and modulatory outrages to which both young and old are gradually… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes everything to… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
