Alfred Schnittke Quotes
- I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.
- I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts.
- For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy,…
- I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that,…
- For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.
- I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we…
- Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'