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In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.
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Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.
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Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.
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To send light into the darkness of men's hearts—such is the duty of the artist.
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I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.
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Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.
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Robert Schumann
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Born:
June 8, 1810
Died:
July 29, 1856
(aged 46)
Bio:
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist.
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Advice to Young Musicians
3 Romances - A Score for Solo Piano Op.28 (1839)
Album for the Young, Op. 68
Scenes from Childhood: Opus 15 for the Piano
Piano Works
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