Between Quote by Robert Gottlieb

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

— Julian Bream

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

“Sonata,” he says, “means ‘sounding together.’ It is an argument in which one theme is presented in opposition to another and they struggle until…

— Eula Biss

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

Johann StraussForty couples dancing ... one by onethey slip from the hall ... sounds of kisses ... the lights go out

— Henry Lewis Mencken

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

“Sonata for Thunderstorm, Trapdoors and Young Women in Skimpy Clothing.”

— Terry Pratchett

A Composition on the Piano

— Johann Sebastian Bach

When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.

— Shams Tabrizi

“Of all the paths you take, follow only those where your heart is wide open, mind enriched and your soul learns to dance.”

— Nikki Rowe

“seventh of the Rituals of Radiant Living: the Ritual of Music.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“Each scene has its own music, and the music is created for the scene, woven to it in ways we do not understand. No…

— Lisa Wingate