It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

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I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.

229

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work.

210

But Brahms himself was extremely self-critical; he was always pruning and polishing his works.

135

The work is the most important thing.

128

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.

115

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.

99

The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.

91

I have always regarded myself as a person who had to accomplish what was required.

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