A Symphony Is No Joke.

In Him Converge All Previous Streams Of Tendency, Not As Into A Pool, Stagnant, Passive, Motionless, But As A Noble River That Received Its Tributary Waters And Bearss Them Onward In Larger And Statelier Volume.

Those Who Enjoy Their Own Emotionally Bad Health And Who Habitually Fill Their Own Minds With The Rank Poisons Of Suspicion, Jealousy And Hatred, As A Rule Take Umbrage At Those Who Refuse To Do Likewise, And They Find A Perverted Relief In Trying To Denigrate Them.

The Fact That Most People Do Not Understand And Respect The Very Best Things, Such As Mozart's Concertos, Is What Permits Men Like Us To Become Famous.

It Is Not Hard To Compose, But What Is Fabulously Hard Is To Leave The Superfluous Notes Under The Table.

Reviewer: 'one Of Your Themes Was Very Similar To One Of Beethoven's!' Brahms Replied, 'of Course It Is. Everyone Steals - The Important Thing Is To Do It Brilliantly.