The symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.

die Symphonie müss sein wie die Welt. Sie müss alles umfassen.

Gustav Mahler

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Symphony Music

Speaker

Gustav Mahler

Source

Letters of Gustav Mahler

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Conductor Composer

From

Czech Republic Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mahler, Gustav. Quoted in Jean Sibelius: His Life and Personality, written by Karl Ekman. Alan Wilmer, 1936.

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Kenneth Grahame
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The Wind in the Willows
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1908 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1908, ch. 5.

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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

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Eternal peace is a dream, and not even a beautiful one, and war is a link in God's world order. In him, the noblest virtues of man, courage and renunciation, devotion to duty and willingness to sacrifice, unfold with the institution of life. Without the war, the world would become bogged down in materialism.

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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. Letter to Johann Caspar Bluntschli. 11 Dec. 1880.