Aaron Copland Quotes About Music
-
There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control.
→ -
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
→ -
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."
→ -
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
→ -
Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.
→ -
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
→ -
This whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer to that would be, “Yes.” And “Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?” My answer to that would be, “No.”
→
Related Authors
-
Nadia Boulanger Composer -
Benjamin Britten Composer -
Claude Debussy Composer -
Paul Hindemith Composer -
George Gershwin Composer -
Hector Berlioz Composer -
Charles Ives Composer -
Ralph Vaughan Williams Composer -
Philip Glass Film Score Composer -
Maurice Ravel Composer -
John Cage Composer -
Leonard Bernstein Composer -
Franz Schubert Composer -
Martha Graham Choreographer -
Igor Stravinsky Composer -
Bela Bartok Composer -
Johannes Brahms Composer -
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer -
Antonin Dvorak Composer -
Samuel Barber Composer