Description du livre
Forging our identities, setting our moods and impacting our culture, any music admirer understands there's a sheer breadth of musical tastes. From the classical era to modern day, here you will discover a curation of lines from composers, musicians and writers. You will find out what music means to those who love it most, the classical musicians, composers and the music devotees around the world.
Illuminating, accessible and wholly delightful, this will remind you of the might of music and the importance music holds in our lives.
Whether you're looking to be inspired to play, listen or simply to explore new music, A Little Book About Music will hit all the right notes and rock your world.
Sample Quotes:
'I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.' - Ludwig Van Beethoven
'Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.' - Sergei Rachmaninoff
'Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.' - Maya Angelou
'If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.' - Louis Armstrong
'One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.' - Bob Marley