"We are rich in the quantity of songs……" — Alma Gluck
"We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something."
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Alma Gluck
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14 Quotes by Alma Gluck
Alma Gluck has 14 quotes on this site.
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Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out…
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The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of…
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The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead…
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When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn,…
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Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense…
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A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as…
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French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and…
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If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One…
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Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful…
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The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one…
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In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument…
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One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.
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