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I would rather instill in my amateur students love, than knowledge, of music. Left with only knowledge, they will at the end close their books and consign the course to forgetfulness. But if they have learned to love but the smallest part of the art, they are likely to pursue some phase of it the rest of their lives.

Ernst Bacon

The Artist should not forget his mission, perhaps the most religious of all, of sustaining faith in the worthwhileness of art and thus of life.

Ernst Bacon

A man in music, as one in love, either lives it or talks about it; seldom both.

Ernst Bacon

Ernst Bacon

Ernst Bacon

Born: May 26, 1898

Died: March 16, 1990 (aged 91)

Bio: Ernst Lecher Bacon was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. A prolific author, Bacon composed over 250 songs over his career. He was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships and a Pulitzer Scholarship in 1932 for his Second Symphony.

Known for:

Notes On The Piano (1963)
Words on Music (1960)
Songs at parting
Hootnanny: Intermediate Piano Duet 1P/4H

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