“I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.”
As quoted in Walker, 1997.
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Franz Liszt 7
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist 1811–1886Related quotes
Political and Literary Essays, 1908-1913
“Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? - Through whose blood am I to wade?”
Source: 1910's, The Art of Noise', 1913, p. 6
Context: This evolution toward noise-sound is only possible today. The ear of an eighteenth century man never could have withstood the discordant intensity of some of the chords produced by our orchestras (whose performers are three times as numerous); on the other hand our ears rejoice in it, for they are attuned to modern life, rich in all sorts of noises. But our ears far from being satisfied, keep asking for bigger acoustic sensations. However, musical sound is too restricted in the variety and the quality of its tones. Music marks time in this small circle and vainly tries to create a new variety of tones... We must break at all cost from this restrictive circle of pure sounds and conquer the infinite variety of noise-sounds.
On 29 August 1944 during a private conversation with other officers at Trent Park. Randall Hansen says that the veracity of Choltitz's involvement in such massacres is uncertain but that it is possible, even probable, that Choltitz was one of the many German generals who did commit atrocities. Hansen goes on to say the quote was out of context and there has never been any corroborating evidence of Choltitz's involvement in the massacre of Jews.
“Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.”
Source: The Sound and the Fury