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

From

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

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Topic
Pacificism and nonviolence
Speaker
Mahatma Gandhi
Medium
Courtroom speech Speech
Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. Speech at his trial. The Great Trial of 1922. 18 Mar. 1922, Ahmedabad, India.

Current Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings, edited by Tridip Suhrud. Penguin Classics, 2019, pt. 1, ch. 9.

Another quote about Music

If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Topic
Music Excess Love
Speaker
Duke Orsino

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Twelfth Night
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Opening lines
Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.

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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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