Mendelssohn Quotes
10 quotes by 10 authors
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Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.
— Victor Borge
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Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.
— Harold C. Schonberg
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According to Miller, Pharisee Judaism is not a religion at all, but a secret society posing as a religion, a "sect with Judaism as a…
— Edith Starr Miller
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I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental…
— Thomas Eakins
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When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How…
— Alma Gluck
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The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethoven’s. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The richest, the most…
— Joseph Joachim
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If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play…
— Kurt Masur
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That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms…
— Elliott Carter
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Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the…
— Robert Schumann
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I never thought I'd have such a luxurious life. A healthy husband ... beautiful little girl... Jacuzzi and beer and fruitbowl and Beethoven and Mendelssohn…
— Miki Gorman
Who Wrote These Mendelssohn Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 10 Mendelssohn Quotes as follows: