Quote by Howard Hanson on Inspiration and Knowledge in Music

„The most complete knowledge of tonal material cannot create a composer any more than the memorizing of Webster's dictionary can produce a dramatist or poet. Music is, or should be, a means of communication, a vehicle for the expression of the inspiration of the composer. Without that inspiration, without the need to communicate, without— in other words— the creative spirit itself, the greatest knowledge will avail nothing.“

Dr. Howard HansonHoward Hanson emphasizes that music without creative inspiration and the need to communicate cannot be true expression.
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Dr. Howard Hanson was an American composer, conductor, and musicologist of the 20th century, known for his work in classical music.

This quote emphasizes the importance of creative inspiration over mere knowledge in music and art.


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Howard Hanson quote about inspiration, creativity, and knowledge in music

Howard Hanson (1896–1981) was a prominent American composer, conductor, and musicologist. He served as director of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and significantly contributed to the promotion and development of American classical music. His works and teachings influenced generations of musicians.

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"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and primary importance to the creator. For the composer, if he is to develop, must hear his own works. An orchestra composer without an orchestra is like a scientist without his laboratory or a dramatist without his stage or actors." Howard Hanson
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"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern theorist should, of course, be able to analyze the music of the masters, to explain (as much as possible) the sources of their musical language. They should also, however, be able to suggest new paths, new theories, including those that break with creative and scholarly tradition....This attitude has puzzled some of my academic colleagues, since I am in my own composition essentially a traditionalist. I do not believe that this is a contradiction or an inconsistency." Howard Hanson
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"Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed." Andrea Bocelli
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Quote about the emotional power and complexity of music by Dr. Howard HansonCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Music is a curiously subtle art with innumerable, varying emotional connotations. It is made up of many ingredients and according to the proportions of those components, it be soothing or invigorating, ennobling or vulgarizing, philosophical or orgiastic. It has the powers for evil as well as good." Dr. Howard Hanson
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Quote by Plato about music, culture, and societal valuesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Through foolishness they deceived themselves into thinking that there was no right or wrong way in music, that it was to be judged good or bad by the pleasure it gave. By their works and their theories they infected the masses with the presumption to think themselves adequate judges. So our theatres, once silent, grew vocal, and aristocracy of music gave way to a pernicious theatrocracy...the criterion was not music, but a reputation for promiscuous cleverness and a spirit of law-breaking." Plato
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