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In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts.

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Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him.

~Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Musician

Born: May 28th, 1925

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