Alfred Schnittke quotes

Alfred Schnittke quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Heart Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Wake Up Quotes
“I set down a beautiful chord on paperâ€”and suddenly it rusts.”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Beautiful Quotes #Rust Quotes #Paper Quotes
“For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Dream Quotes #Years Quotes #Long Quotes
“I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will then become urgent.”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Country Quotes #Emigration Quotes #Want Quotes
“Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Firsts Quotes #Composer Quotes #Accordions Quotes
“For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Ideas Quotes #Needs Quotes #Solo Quotes
“I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless.”
-- Alfred Schnittke

#Symphony Quotes #Clear Quotes #Pointless Quotes

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