Quotes by Composer Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge. Alban Berg composermusic-isfeelings Since Mozart's day composers have learned the art of making music throatily and palpitatingly sexual. Aldous Huxley composermusicart I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background. Alex Prager composermusicalnames I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose. Alexander Borodin oblivioncomposerashamed I am but an architectural composer. Alexander Jackson Davis composerarchitecture Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion? Alfred Schnittke accordionscomposerfirsts Composers are always going back to the past. Anne Dudley composerpast The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance. Ansel Adams composerscorenegative Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary. Anton Rubinstein composercall-methinking The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors. Anton Seidl composerresponsibilityspirit Composers are not all good conductors. Anton Seidl conductorcomposer I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and listen. Antonio Damasio mahlercomposerwriting A lot of composers before me have been on this mission to change the world by getting off equal temperament, and I'm definitely one of those. Aphex Twin composermissionsworld The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants. Arthur Honegger composermodernwant The first requirement for a composer is to be dead. Arthur Honegger composerrequirementsfirsts It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music Ayumi Hamasaki composerdifficultwriting I have written six symphonies, they are smaller-scale works. I seem to emit my themes, work them out, combine and intertwine them, and then come to a close. I usually feel that there are no superfluous extras, but probably most composers feel that way about their works. Barbara Harbach composerextras Men have been in the forefront of music for centuries, and they have written glorious music, loved and appreciated by many. In some ways, men are still in the forefront. There is a lot of room for composers of all types of music by both men and women, nowadays. Barbara Harbach composerappreciatedmen For my qualifying concert, Helmut Walcha would not coach Charles-Marie Widor or any American compositions. In his defense, his forte was Germanic composers, and his forte was really a fortissimo! Barbara Harbach compositioncomposercoaches It may well be that some composers do not believe in God. All of them, however, believe in Bach. Bela Bartok composermaybelieve1234567»
