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I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.

Gustav Mahler

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Gustav Mahler
Age: 50 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 18
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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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Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
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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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It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.
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It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
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To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.
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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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