Books Quote by Jennifer Laurens

It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to…

— Daniel Barenboim

It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has written. Then,…

— Vladimir Horowitz

“Some people read books on musicians, while I read music books. Not books on music, but literally books full of sheet music. Fascinating reading.”

— Jarod Kintz

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.

— Gustav Mahler

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

I still don't know how to read music.

— Richard Manuel

“Music is undescribable, and no words can be said to understand it. The only way to understand it is to hear it.”

— Allyson McClain

“I believe that a person's taste in music tells you a lot about them. In some cases, it tells you everything you need to…

— Leila Sales

Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart.

— Condoleezza Rice

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.

— Ken Burns

I've always been a composer dependent on texts.

— David Del Tredici

When we work on a piece of music, we'll often read the biographies of the composer and learn about what was going on historically…

— Helene Grimaud