Ideas Quote by Frank Stella

I love the early sonatas; I love the early Mozart, period. I'm really fond of that moment when he was either emulating Haydn or…

— Glenn Gould

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the greatest sonatas…

— Jacqueline Carey

I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata or that…

— Stephen Hough

I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms.

— Caroline Shaw

Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had…

— Robert Adamson

Michael Berkeley's 'Sonata' is very - what can you say - melodious.

— Julian Bream

I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave…

— Linda Lavin

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved. Not the horror of performing on the piano in front of an assembled audience…

— Linda Lavin

Many people who don't like Rachmaninov's style consider the 'Rhapsody' his masterpiece. It's written fantastically well for orchestra and piano. He combines a lot…

— Stephen Hough

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or…

— Diane Kruger

My advice to composers is, 'Try to reach 90, and everyone will love you.'

— Gian Carlo Menotti

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the…

— Dave Brubeck