For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.
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I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent.Alfred Schnittke
Our family lived in Vienna, Austria. after the war and apart from an accordion, there was no other musical instrument available.
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I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.
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For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.
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