Tradition Is The Spreading Of Fire And

In Its Beginnings, Music Was Merely Chamber Music, Meant To Be Listened To In A Small Space By A Small Audience.

To Write A Symphony Is, For Me, To Construct A World.

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God Can Only Be Comprehended As Love.

A Symphony Must Be Like The World. It Must Contain Everything.