An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.