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Epigraphs

‘During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.’ George Orwell

‘The end is where we start from.’ T.S. Eliot

‘There is nothing that music cannot do, as long as it remains music.’ W.A. Mozart

‘Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.’ André Gide

‘True art matters because it puts us in touch with what we really are, and enables us to live on that higher plane where freedom and fulfilment are given.’ Roger Scruton

‘History shows that evolution, however slow, is inevitable; but rather than allow it to take its course as passive spectators, oblivious or unobservant, we should play a conscious role.’ Pierre Boulez

‘Es gibt im Grunde nur ein Problem in der Welt, und es hat diesen Namen: Wie bricht man durch? Wie kommt man ins Freie? Wie sprengt man die Puppe und wird zum Schmetterling?’ Thomas Mann, ‘Doktor Faustus’

‘Ein glückhaft Wünschen macht mich froh / Nach Freuden, die ich lang verachtet;’ Albert Giraud / Otto Hartleben (from Arnold Schönberg’s ‘Pierrot Lunaire’)

‘Torniamo all’ antico: sarà un progresso.’ Giuseppe Verdi

 

 

 

 

List of articles

  • November 2021
  • September 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • April 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • March 2015
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • May 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013

Recent Posts

  • Two short essays on Euro News Website
  • The modernity of revival
  • For further reading
  • Deep Listening
  • Revival?

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