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Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.

~Gustav Mahler

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Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

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Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

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I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.

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I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

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I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.

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I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.

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If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.

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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

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In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Composer

Born: July 7th, 1860

Died: May 18th, 1911

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