"If, while at the piano, you attempt to……" — Robert Schumann
"If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind of themselves, when you are not practising, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; not the contrary."
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Robert Schumann
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45 Quotes by Robert Schumann
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You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
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My whole life has been a struggle between Poetry and Prose, or call it Music and Law.
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We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.
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