I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new. I have made an intense effort to feel the musical manner of today, but… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
The virtuosos look to the students of the world to do their share in the education of the great musical public. Do not waste… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
What is Music? How do you define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, the rustle of leaves in Summer. Music is the far… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
The most efficient way to memorise a piece is to use the one which proceeds in an error free manner — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts. — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel. They have… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his technique is… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
