When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Aaron Copland
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, ‘Is there a meaning to music?’ My answer would be, ‘Yes.’ And ‘Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?’ My answer to that would be, ‘No.’
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
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03
2007
Serious music was never meant to be soporific
Posted by: musicquotes, in Aaron Copland, Music, Relaxed, SeriousMost people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific. ~Aaron Copland
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03
2007
In five years he will be ready
Posted by: musicquotes, in Aaron Copland, Murder, Symphony, Walder Damrosch“If a young man at the age of twenty-three can write a symphony like that, in five years he will be ready to commit murder.”
– Walter Damrosch on Aaron Copland
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