Alfred Schnittke Quotes

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'
Alfred Schnittke

For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.
Alfred Schnittke

For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.
Alfred Schnittke

I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent.
Alfred Schnittke

I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.
Alfred Schnittke

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Alfred Schnittke Quotes

Type: Composer Quotes Category: Russian Composer Quotes Date of Birth: November 24, 1934 Date of Death: August 3, 1998 Nationality: Russian Find on Amazon: Alfred Schnittke Related Authors: Igor Stravinsky Vernon Duke Alexander Scriabin Modest Mussorgsky Mikhail Glinka Sergei Prokofiev Dimitri Shostakovich Alexander Borodin	Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?' Alfred Schnittke For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none. Alfred Schnittke For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood. Alfred Schnittke I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent. Alfred Schnittke I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless. Alfred Schnittke