Virgil Thomson Quotes

Virgil Thomson — American Composer born on November 25, 1896, died on September 30, 1989

Virgil Thomson was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoclassicist, a composer of "an Olympian blend of humanity and detachment" whose "expressive voice was always carefully muted" until his late opera Lord Byron which, in contrast to all his previous work, exhibited an emotional content that rises to "moments of real passion", and a neoromantic... (wikipedia)

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

I look at you and I write down what I hear.

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.

Virgil Thomson Quotes

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