It seemed to me that had Haydn lived to our day he would have retained his own style while accepting something of the new at the same time. That was the kind of symphony I wanted to write: a symphony… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
At home we didnt talk about religion. So gradually the question faded away by itself and disappeared from the agenda. When I was nineteen… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Formalism is music that people don't understand at first hearing. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Of course I have used dissonance in my time, but there has been too much dissonance. Bach used dissonance as good salt for his… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I have never doubted the importance of melody. I like melody very much, and I consider it the most important element in music, and… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
