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Alfred Schnittke Quotes
Page 1 of 1Alfred Schnittke
November 24, 1934 - August 3, 1998
Nationality: Russian
Category: Composer
Subcategory: Russian Composer
|  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. | | Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?' | | 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. | | For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none. | | I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless. |
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