Symphony

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music

Classical period

1756–1791

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

Dmitri Shostakovich

Music

1906–1975

"People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko's poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence."

🇩🇪Robert Schumann

Music

1810–1856

"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of."

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music

Classical period

1770–1827

"Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear."

🇩🇪Johannes Brahms

Music

Romantic music

1833–1897

"Brahms Institut, Lübeck Academy of Music"

🇬🇧Cyril Scott

Literature

1879–1970

"Of course, no doubt sensation mongers would much prefer that we miraculously appeared before our prospective pupils and said: ‘I’m your Guru - come and be my disciple.’ But such is not our policy and never will be."

Joseph Haydn

Music

Classicism

1732–1809

"Give Him thanks, all ye His works so wondrous! Sing His honor, sing His glory, bless and magnify His Name! Jehovah’s praise endures forevermore, Amen, Amen!."