Composer Quote by Alfred Brendel

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer…

— Alfred Brendel

Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.

— Alan Menken

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding…

— Chely Wright

“Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem with inventing new performance practices? Are customs being slandered? Do…

— David Cutler

I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

— Kate Smith

composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.

— Ned Rorem

If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend…

— Pat Metheny

Tradition, in its essence, is something simultaneously meta-historical and dynamic: it is an overall ordering force in the service of principles that have the…

— Julius Evola

The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks through…

— Mstislav Rostropovich

“Tradition is the illusion of permanence.”

— Woody Allen

There is importance in tradition.

— Doechii

Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to tell the…

— Charles Hazlewood