Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Alfred Schnittke

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian composer Alfred Schnittke.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

Russian - Composer | November 24, 1934 - August 3, 1998

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For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.

Alfred Schnittke

For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.

Alfred Schnittke

I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent.

Alfred Schnittke

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'

Alfred Schnittke

I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.

Alfred Schnittke

I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts.

Alfred Schnittke

I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless.

Alfred Schnittke

I am not (yet) facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will then become urgent.

Alfred Schnittke

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?

Alfred Schnittke

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Alfred Schnittke

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