There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.

Quote by Gustav Mahler

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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a...

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a...

Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.

Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama...

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama...

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

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

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.

You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.

I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he...

I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he...

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A...

I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A...

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I...

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I...

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with...

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with...

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and...

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and...

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19...

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19...

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

With the coming of spring, I am calm again.

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and...

Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and...

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not...

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not...

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.

It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.