I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.
I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music. - Benjamin Britten
I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.
- Benjamin Britten
One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer. - Benjamin Britten
One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.
Composing is like driving down a foggy road. - Benjamin Britten
Composing is like driving down a foggy road.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. - Benjamin Britten
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.
The model of a composer. - Benjamin Britten
The model of a composer.
These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more. - Benjamin Britten
These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more.
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. - Benjamin Britten
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of… - Benjamin Britten
Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of…
I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is … - Benjamin Britten
I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is …
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