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.
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It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.Benjamin Britten
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Music does not exist until it is performed.
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These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.
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Francis Poulenc commenting on the music of Benjamin Britten The model of a composer.
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