Music: A Book of QuotationsHerb Galewitz Courier Corporation, 9 мар. 2012 г. - Всего страниц: 64 What is music? "God's best gift to man," as Walter Savage Landor said? "The moonlight in the gloomy night of life," as Jean Paul Richter put it? Or perhaps—as Carl Maria von Weber and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow agree —"the universal language of mankind"? Whatever it is, it certainly "hath charms to soothe the savage breast," as William Congreve famously observed. And it "expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent" (Victor Hugo). These and more than 400 other striking quotes about music, from musicians, authors, poets, historical figures, and other celebrities, fill the pages of this entertaining, practical little book. Not all are on the serious side; many are deliciously witty: "Her singing was mutiny on the high C's" (Hedda Hopper); "I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank" (Ethel Merman); "Donny Osmond has van Gogh's ear for music" (Orson Welles). The quotations are arranged alphabetically according to author, from Fred Allen ("When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as if the strings are still back in the cat") to Florian Zabach ("A musical talent is like having six fingers on one hand. You're born with it, you're different because of it, you can't do a thing about it except put it to use"). They constitute a collection that will not only be an indispensable reference for public speakers but will also delight general readers—especially music lovers—with its enduring wisdom and humor. |
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... plays the violin , it sounds as if the strings are still back in the cat . FRED ALLEN The lady came home from the opera and yet quarreled with her maid . PETER ALTENBERG On opera : Like a husband with a foreign title ; expensive to ...
... plays the violin , it sounds as if the strings are still back in the cat . FRED ALLEN The lady came home from the opera and yet quarreled with her maid . PETER ALTENBERG On opera : Like a husband with a foreign title ; expensive to ...
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... play any musical instrument : all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time , and the instrument will play itself . JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Rugged the breast that music cannot tame . JOHN CODRINGTON BAMPFYLDE Competitions ...
... play any musical instrument : all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time , and the instrument will play itself . JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Rugged the breast that music cannot tame . JOHN CODRINGTON BAMPFYLDE Competitions ...
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... played by an organ - grinder -as Puccini's and Verdi's melodies were played - then that opera is not going to achieve immortality . I would give the whole of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos for Massenet's Manon and would think I had justly ...
... played by an organ - grinder -as Puccini's and Verdi's melodies were played - then that opera is not going to achieve immortality . I would give the whole of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos for Massenet's Manon and would think I had justly ...
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... played as the best men and women should be dressed - neither so well nor so ill as to attract attention to itself . To know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not you must see whether you find yourself looking at the ...
... played as the best men and women should be dressed - neither so well nor so ill as to attract attention to itself . To know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not you must see whether you find yourself looking at the ...
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... play some Bach to start the day . But on the piano , not the cello , and usually preludes and fugues . It is like a benediction on the house . The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older , but younger with time , more ...
... play some Bach to start the day . But on the piano , not the cello , and usually preludes and fugues . It is like a benediction on the house . The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older , but younger with time , more ...
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