DATE: MONDAY WEEK 10 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Leonard Bernstein
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Any great work of art... revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world - the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A great piece of music can transport your imagination back in time, ahead in the future, make you laugh or cry, and send you to exotic places.”
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DATE: TUESDAY WEEK 10 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Irving Berlin
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Talent is only the starting point.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Talent will only be of use if you combine it with hard work and effort.”
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DATE: WEDNESDAY WEEK 10 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
"The history of music, supported by the actual hearing of the master compositions of the different epochs, is the shortest way to cure you of self-esteem and vanity. ”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A person may think their art is great until they compare it with the greatest masters such as Beethoven and Mozart.”
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DATE: THURSDAY WEEK 10 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Ludwig van Beethoven
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The greatest happiness one can give himself is the joy of making other people happy.”
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DATE: FRIDAY WEEK 10 SEMESTER #2
AUTHOR: Frederic Chopin
QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The easier something looks to produce, the harder it is to achieve in actuality. When you are good at something you make it look easy.”
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