Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.
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The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It’s useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.
More Aaron Copland Quotes
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Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer would be, “Yes”, And “Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?” My answer to that would be “No.”
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Someone once asked me… whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: “Every day!”
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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I hope my recordings of my own works won’t inhibit other people’s performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn’t always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
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This whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer to that would be, “Yes.” And “Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?” My answer to that would be, “No.”
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I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
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Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.
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A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.
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