#beethoven

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#beethoven #expression #masters #means #pulse

Napolean is dead - but Beethoven lives. ↗

— Bruno Walter

#dead #lives

That Beethoven was capable of producing the ultimate musical definition of heroism in this context is itself extraordinary, for he was able to evoke a dream of heroism that neither he nor his native Germany nor his adopted Vienna could express in reality. Perhaps we can only measure the heroism of the Eroica by the depth of fear and uncertainty from with it emerged. ↗

— Maynard Solomon

#dreams

Beethoven said that it's better to hit the wrong note confidently, than hit the right note unconfidently. Never be afraid to be wrong or to embarrass yourself; we are all students in this life, and there is always something more to learn. ↗

— Mike Norton

#beethoven #confidence #correct #fear #incorrect

The man on the street, he knows who Beethoven is, he knows who Mozart is. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#knows #man #mozart #street #who

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#earth #else #god #music #nothing

For me to rehearse with a children's orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the orchestra, every day eight or nine hours, putting the First together. I had been conducting Tchaikovsky a lot and Beethoven, but Mahler was different. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#beethoven #children #conducting #day #different

When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#beethoven #great #hear #i #i can

My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven's mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#beethoven #her #i #i think #know

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance. ↗

— Boy George

#appearance #beethoven #drama #great #had