It is only that which cannot be expressed otherwise that is worth expressing in music.

Frederick Delius

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Limits of language Power of music Music

Author

Frederick Delius

Source

At the Cross-Roads The Sackbut

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Magazine

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Composer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Delius. "At the Cross-Roads." The Sackbut, Sept. 1920.

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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Hermann Hesse
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Language
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Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote about Music

Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?

John Cage

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Music

Author

John Cage
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Cage, John. "Communication." Composition as a Process lecture series. 1958, Darmstadt, Germany.

Another quote from 1920

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex.

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Nineteenth Amendment Voting rights Women's rights Civil Rights Amendments
Source
Constitution of the United States
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

The United States Constitution. Amend. 19, sec. 1.

Current Citation

"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 19, sec. 1.