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THE MUSIC SALON: classical music, popular culture, philosophy and anything else that catches my fancy...
THE MUSIC SALON: classical music, popular culture, philosophy and anything else that catches my fancy...
Often, as I struggled with obstacles of every kind opposed to my works—often, as my physical and mental powers sank and I had difficulty in keeping to my chosen course—an inner voice whispered to me: “There are so few happy and contented men here and below—on every hand care and sorrow pursue them—perhaps your work may someday be a source from which men laden with anxieties and burdened with affairs may derive a few moments of rest and refreshment.” This, then, was a powerful motive to preserve, this is the reason why I can even now look back with profound satisfaction on what I have accomplished.
ReplyDelete— Joseph Haydn in a letter the Choral Society of Bergen.