William Kapell Quotes

William Kapell was an American pianist and recording artist, killed at the age of 31 in the crash of a commercial airliner returning from a concert tour in Australia. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. September 1922 – 29. October 1953
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Famous William Kapell Quotes

“Few artists have ever battled so manfully with management or so unheitatingly sassed the press. He was afraid of nobody because his heart was pure.”

Virgil Thompson, " On William Kapell http://www.williamkapell.com/articles/virgilthompson.html", New York Herald-Tribune (October, 1953).
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“Music isn't enough. Performers aren't enough. There must be someone that loves music as much as life. For you, and remember this always, those of us with something urgent to say, we give everything.”

Quoted by Claudia Cassidy, " In Memory of William Kapell, Who Left Us Richer in Music http://www.williamkapell.com/articles/cassidy.html", Chicago Tribune (October 30, 1953).

“He was, this smoldering, passionate young pianist, generous, lovable, deeply gentle of heart.”

Claudia Cassidy, " In Memory of William Kapell, Who Left Us Richer in Music http://www.williamkapell.com/articles/cassidy.html", Chicago Tribune (October 30, 1953).
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