Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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A musician cannot move others unless he, too, is moved.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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I have assigned many of my father's basses to students, without endangering their lives. Also, they do no harm to the fingers.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Keyboardists whose chief asset is mere technique . . . more often than not astound us with their prowess without ever touching our sensibilities. They overwhelm our hearing without satisfying it and stun the mind without moving it.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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The new, though engaging at times, may often start as offensive to us. The latter is often proof of the worth of this, while in the long run it will receive more recognition, than some, of what we liked so much in the beginning.
-- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.
He who slings mud generally loses ground.
You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.
I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it.
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
The best work is a fusion of love and praise.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach famous quotes

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