The symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.

die Symphonie müss sein wie die Welt. Sie müss alles umfassen.

Gustav Mahler

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Topic

Symphony Music

Speaker

Gustav Mahler

Source

Letters of Gustav Mahler

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Conductor Composer

From

Czech Republic Europe

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Citation

Mahler, Gustav. Quoted in Jean Sibelius: His Life and Personality by Karl Ekman. Alan Wilmer, Ltd. 1936.

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I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more—the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perlis, to love, to vain effort—to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows old, grows small, and expires—and expires, too soon, too soon—before life itself.

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Topic
Youth Aging The human condition

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Joseph Conrad
Source
Youth
Language
English
Time
1902 1900s 20th century
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Conrad, Joseph. "Youth: A Narrative." Youth: A Narrative, and Two Other Stories. William Blackwood, 1902.

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Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?

John Cage

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Topic
Music

Author

John Cage
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Cage, John. "Composition as Process." Silence: Lectures and Writings. Wesleyan University Press, 1961, pt. 3.

Another quote originally in German

If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Topic
Nature of man

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Medium
Novel
Genre
Epistolary novel
Language
German
Time
1774 1770s 18th century
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Original Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. 1774, bk. 1, "May 17."

Current Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings. Translated by Catherin Hutter. Signet, 2013, bk. 1, "May 17."