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An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.
I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
Discipline, work. Work, discipline.
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.
If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.
Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
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