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“ Massenet feels it as a Frenchman, with powder and minuets. I shall feel it as an Italian, with desperate passion. ”
Giacomo Puccini
“ I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear. ”
Giuseppe Verdi
“ What a wonderful thing it is to be sure of one's faith How wonderful to be a member of the evangelical church, which preaches the free grace of God through Christ as the hope of sinners If we were to rely on our works, my God, what would become of us? ”
George Frideric Handel
“ My heyday is over, and another must take my place. The world wants something new. Others have ceded their places to us and we must cede ours to still others... I am more than happy to give mine to people of talent like Verdi. ”
Gaetano Donizetti
“ Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies, and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them. ”
Charles Gounod