In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.

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All music has to speak in some form or other.

All music has to speak in some form or other.

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs,...

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs,...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you...

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to...

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to...

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little...

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.