Ernest Newman
Ernest Newman
Ernest Newmanwas an English music critic and musicologist. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes him as "the most celebrated British music critic in the first half of the 20th century." His style of criticism, aiming at intellectual objectivity in contrast to the more subjective approach of other critics, such as Neville Cardus, was reflected in his books on Richard Wagner, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss and others. He was music critic of The Sunday Times from 1920 until his death...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth30 November 1868
Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.
If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The Creation.
You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.
The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration.
Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.
The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.
A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.
The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
A good composer is slowly discovered a bad composer is slowly found out.