Richard Strauss Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.”
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“The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.”
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“I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.”
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“The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.”
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“I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a Pilsner or a Kulmbacher.”
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“Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.”
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“Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.”
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“Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.”
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“don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.”
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“Its a funny thing Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und Verklärung.”
-- Richard Strauss
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