What did Gustav Mahler mean by: A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. - Gustav Mahler Copy
+ Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Ashes, Fire, History, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Ashes, Fire, Tradition, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Divine, Invention, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Difference, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ I beg of you… never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Assumption, Disguise, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Behinds, Existence, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Endeavor, Sole, 0 - Gustav Mahler
+ Don’t bother looking at the view – I have already composed it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustav Mahler, Bother, 0 - Gustav Mahler
If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state. - Frank Zappa Musician · USA
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. - Leopold Stokowski Conductor · United Kingdom
Don’t only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets. - Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · Germany
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. - W. H. Auden Poet · England
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts. - Hermann von Helmholtz
For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony. - Jean Sibelius Composer · Finland
Time to write and sing, to laugh, to listen, to discover, to cry, to love music. - Jeff Buckley Singer-songwriter