Leo Ornstein Quotes

Leo Ornstein — American Composer born on December 02, 1892, died on February 24, 2002

Leo Ornstein was an American composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic... (wikipedia)

I distrust anything that you don't hear.

But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple.

By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There's no specific line, as you know.

You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.

When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there.

Leo Ornstein Quotes

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