The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration.
Ernest Newman Quotes
The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
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| Birth: | 30th November, 1868 |
| Death: | 7th July, 1959 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Critic, Musicologist |
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Ernest Newman was born in Everton, Liverpool, England. He was an English music critic and musicologist. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes him as "the most celebrated British music critic in the first half of the 20th century." He was music critic of The Sunday Times from 1920 until his death nearly forty years later.
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