But Brahms himself was extremely self-critical; he was always pruning and polishing his works. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes
But Brahms himself was extremely self-critical; he was always pruning and polishing his works. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
 

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I have always regarded myself as a person who had to accomplish what was required. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

I have always regarded myself as a person who had to accomplish what was required.

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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 Quotes

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

 German Musician
One has to get through a big pile of mail every day. I don't pass my letters on to a secretary; rather, I try to take care of all of them myself. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

One has to get through a big pile of mail every day. I don't pass my letters on to a secretary; rather, I try to take care of all of them myself.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

 German Musician
I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.

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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 Quotes

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

 Concerts German Musician
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 Quotes

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

 Atmosphere German Musician
Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

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

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

 German Musician
What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

 German Musician
And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

 German Musician
When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start. - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

 German Musician
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