Wind Instruments Quotes by Hector Berlioz

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Hector Berlioz has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.
• At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.
• The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
• It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots,…
• It is so rare...to find a complete person, with a soul, a heart and an imagination; so rare for characters as ardent…
• Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love
• In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one.…
• Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. (Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on; le malheur est…
• Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? ... It is a problem, and yet…
• Heine commenting on the music of Louis Hector Berlioz: He is an immense nightingale, a lark as great as an eagle. .…
• Music and love are the wings of the soul.
• The trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments... it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime…

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