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Symphony Quotes by James Keller
- A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a…
- During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose…
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- Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain. — Mikhail Bakunin
- A symphony is no joke. — Johannes Brahms
- When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.… — Dave Brubeck
- It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When… — David Byrne
- The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other. — Arthur Rubinstein
- Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and… — John Greenleaf Whittier
- All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini… — H. L. Mencken
- From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first movement is… — Meredith Willson