The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something…

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I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.