Study Bach. There you will find everything. Johannes Brahms More Quotes by Johannes Brahms More Quotes From Johannes Brahms We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it. Johannes Brahms overloadmelodyhandle For the shallow delights of matrimony and opera I have no courage. Johannes Brahms shallowoperadelight Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully. Johannes Brahms harmonyusedreal Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God. Johannes Brahms orchestrationflowideas What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings? Johannes Brahms biographieshistoricalfeelings In him converge all previous streams of tendency, not as into a pool, stagnant, passive, motionless, but as a noble river that received its tributary waters and bearss them onward in larger and statelier volume. Johannes Brahms musicriverswater I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer. Johannes Brahms variationformsometimes Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it. Johannes Brahms royalcriticizemay
