Constant Lambert: Composer

Constant Lambert was British composer and conductor. Explore interesting quotes on composer.

Constant Lambert: 26 quotes0 likes

“The composer is now faced, not with further experiment but with the more difficult task of consolidating the experiments of this vertiginous period. He is like a man in a high-powered motor-car that has got out of control. He must either steer it away from the cliff's edge back to the road or leap out of it altogether. Most modern composers have chosen the latter plan, remarking, as they dexterously save their precious lives: "I think motor-cars are a little vieux jeu”

Constant Lambert

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"The Age of Pastiche", p. 70.
Music, Ho! (1934)

“There is a definite limit to the length of time a composer can go on writing in one dance rhythm (this limit is obviously reached by Ravel towards the end of La Valse and towards the beginning of Bolero).”

Constant Lambert

"Exoticism and Low Life", p. 174.
Music, Ho! (1934)

“Once embarked on a course of sensationalism, the composer is forced into a descending spiral spin from which only the most experienced pilot can flatten out in time.”

Constant Lambert

"Music and the Naughty 'Nineties", p. 64.
Music, Ho! (1934)