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 Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) A symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything. | Main Page | Biography | Photos |
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| "Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection." — Alban Berg |
| "I'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me." — Frédéric Chopin |
| "Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all." — Igor Stravinsky |
| "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." — Ludwig van Beethoven |
| "Music is enough for a life -- but a life is too short for music." — Richard Strauss |
Trivia - Did you know that... |
| ... Gioacchino Rossini wrote his comic opera The Italian Girl in Algiers in less than three weeks ? |
| ... the shortest opera is Darius Milhaud’s The Deliverance of Theseus, which lasts only 7 minutes ? |
| ... the piece 4'33" by John Cage is made up entirely of silence from the performer ? |
| ... Karlheinz Stockhausen's Helikopter-Streichquartett is played by a string quartet and four helicopters ? |
| ... Georg Philipp Telemann is considered the most prolific composer ever, with more than 3000 works registered ? |
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