We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.
I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
I have never written a note I didn't mean.
We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school....We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.
Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.