19th century Quote by Gordon Getty

It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.

— Alan Hovhaness

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

— Gordon Getty

The first part of my career was indeed as a performer and recording artist, and I am still keenly involved with both. While rummaging…

— Barbara Harbach

As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles…

— Mark Leyner

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

— Gavin Bryars

Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the…

— Daryl Hall

For years, my favorite composers had been Monteverdi and Bach. Then I began to rediscover the 19th century, see it from another perspective.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I don't look at our society today too much. My focus is still in the past, and part of the reason is because what…

— August Wilson

I think we have a lot in common with classical composers of the 19th century, although I'm not claiming to have their intelligence. They…

— Matt Bellamy

I was born into the century in which novels lost their stories, poems their rhymes, paintings their form, and music its beauty, but that…

— Pat Conroy

My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.

— Elliott Carter

In some ways, it is difficult for contemporary composers to find an audience. Both men and women would love a culture that embraced and…

— Barbara Harbach