Luciano Berio Professions : Composer Born : October 24, 1925 Died : May 27, 2003 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Luciano Berio Music is everything that one listens to with the intention of listening to music. Luciano Berio intention music listening Opera once was an important social instrument - especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi, people were listening to opera together and having the same catharsis with the same story, the same moral dilemmas. They were holding hands in the darkness. That has gone. Now perhaps they are holding hands watching television. Luciano Berio darkness hands people The relation between practical and spiritual spheres in music is obvious, if only because it demands ears, finger, consciousness and intellect. Luciano Berio demand spiritual ears In music, as I find myself forever saying, things don't get better or worse: they evolve and transform themselves. Luciano Berio get-better evolve forever Similar Authors Igor Stravinsky composer Irving Berlin composer Brian Ferneyhough composer Bryce Dessner composer Bradley Joseph composer Boudleaux Bryant composer All Authors