Truly, I think I should go mad if it weren't for music.

Право, было-бы от чего с ума сойти, если б не музыка.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Topic

Music

Author

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Source

Letters of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Medium

Letter

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Composer

From

Russia Europe

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Citation

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Illyich. Letter to Nadezhda von Meck. c. 23 Nov. 1877.

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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
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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 originally in Russian

When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

Anton Chekhov

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Topic
Grace

Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Letter to Alexi Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 Jan. 1899.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "To Alexi Peshkov (Gorky), 3 January 1899, Yalta." A Life in Letters, translated by Rosamund Bartlett and Anthony Phillips. Penguin Classics, 2004.