It can’t be avoided: every composer since Beethoven, in the nineteenth century and beyond, has had to labor under his shadow.
And some musicians have to labor under the shadow of his hair.
Professor O'Connell's Music History Blog: Assignments, Readings, and Random Thoughts on Music and History Both Inside and Outside the Classroom
It is only music that matters. But to talk of music is risky, and entails responsibility. Therefore some find it preferable to seize on side issues. It is easy, and enables you to pass as a deep thinker. (Igor Stravinsky)
