DATE: MONDAY WEEK 05 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Sergei Prokofiev
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Of course I have used dissonance in my time, but there has been too much dissonance. Bach used dissonance as good salt for his music. Others applied pepper, seasoned the dishes more and more highly, till all healthy appetites were sick and until the music was nothing but pepper.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Dissonance in music (different sounds that do not blend pleasantly together) should be used like spices are used in food; overuse will spoil the product."
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DATE: TUESDAY WEEK 05 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Gioacchino Rossini
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Many people think that music they don’t like is boring but….what is boring to one might be interesting to another.”
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DATE: WEDNESDAY WEEK 05 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: John Philip Sousa
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The style of jazz is meant to be felt through movement; that is what attracts people to it.”
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DATE: THURSDAY WEEK 05 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“A good composer does not imitate; he steals.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“There are no new ideas only old ones which are combined to form new combinations. The better composers study the music of many others giving them a larger selection of ideas to use.”
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DATE: FRIDAY WEEK 05 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Nadia Boulanger
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“To study music we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“You should not break music rules accidentally; only break them deliberately for artistic reasons.”
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