But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

...in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him.

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.

The work is the most important thing.

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.

Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I gave a song recital.