“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.”

– Gustav Mahler –

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“And the night shall be filled with music,And the cares that infest the dayShall fold their tents like the ArabsAnd as silently steal away.”

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow –

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“He who sings scares away his woes. ”

– Cervantes –

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“Music was my refuge.  I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ”

– Maya Angelou –

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“Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead. ”

– Benjamin Disraeli –

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“Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues.  The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg:  I have it in my pocket. ”

– Henri Rabaud –

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“Music is the poetry of the air.”

– Richter –

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“There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ”

– William P. Merrill –

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“I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours.  But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places.  Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions… Continue reading →

“My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.”

– Edward Elgar –

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