#bach

Every man is a bachelor out of his wife's sight! ↗

There is much more to playing the clavier than playing written music. Do you realize with accompanying there is often nothing written out but the bass line--the left hand? There might be a few notations as to a suggested harmony, but it is up to me to fill in the music, at the proper volume, style, and harmony for the soloist--often instantly. I've heard it said that Bach questioned wether the soloist or the accompanist deserves the greatest glory. ↗

— Nancy Moser

#harmony #music #music

What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve. ↗

— Johann Sebastian Bach

#music #practice #success #music

He'd missed matching wits with her. "Shall we duel with our lips?" "You may find yourself eating grass for breakfast. ↗

— Vicky Dreiling

#historical-romance #regency-england #historical

In the end, single people either get boring, or they stay divorced. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#boring #divorce #divorce

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together. ↗

— John Zorn

#beethoven #clear #i #influences #life

I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick! ↗

— Candy Crowley

#beethoven #faulkner #find #guys #i

Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all. ↗

— Helmut Walcha

#bach #experiencing #feel #him #life

A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once. ↗

— Ed Wynn

#makes #man #mistake #never #once

I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing. ↗