Ernest Newman Quotes

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• A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.
• The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled…
• The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the…
• If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The…
• The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.
• The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for…
• The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
• Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
• The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

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