Alfred Schnittke Quotes

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

Experience, Composer, Accordion

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

Work, Idea, Present

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

Happy, Long, Same

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

Music, Country, After

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

Heart, Feeling, Else

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Born: November 24, 1934

Died: August 3, 1998

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