It is only that which cannot be expressed otherwise that is worth expressing in music.

Frederick Delius

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Topic

Limits of language Power of music Music

Author

Frederick Delius

Source

At the Cross-Roads The Sackbut

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Composer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Delius. "At the Cross-Roads." The Sackbut, Sept. 1920.

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Another quote from the 1920s

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Havelock Ellis

The Dance of Life

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Topic
Dancing

Author

Havelock Ellis
Source
The Dance of Life
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ellis, Havelock. The Dance of Life. Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1923, ch. 2.

Another quote about Music

I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.

John Coltrane

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Topic
Power of music Music The universe
Speaker
John Coltrane
Source
DownBeat
Medium
Interview Magazine
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Coltrane, John. "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Interviewed by Don DeMichael. DownBeat, 12 Apr. 1962.

Current Citation

Coltrane, John. Quoted in Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties, written by Scott Saul. Harvard University Press, 2003.

Another quote from 1920

Are you lost daddy I asked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

Ring Lardner

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Topic
Parents and children

Author

Ring Lardner
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Lardner, Ring. "The Young Immigrunts." Ring Lardner: Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 1997. Originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920, ch. 10.