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Igor Stravinsky

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

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Igor Stravinsky

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it […] www.english-slang.com

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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. www.english-slang.com

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