Quote by Howard Hanson on Music, Composition, and Performance

„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.“

Dr. Howard HansonHoward Hanson emphasizes the central role of performance and communication for composers and their development.
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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.

Quote by Howard Hanson on the importance of performance and communication in music as part of the creative process.


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Howard Hanson quote about music composition and the importance of performance

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.

Howard Hanson discussing modern music theory and traditional compositionCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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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 quote by Andrea Bocelli about passion and dedicationCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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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 by Michael Moynihan about music as a magical operation and communication with godsCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"In spiritual terms MUSIC IS A MAGICAL OPERATION, A VEHICLE FOR MAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE GODS. Depending on whom the celebrants invoke, this can mean soaring to heaven on the voices of angels or raising beasts from the pits of hell" Michael Moynihan
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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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