Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying t… - Neville Cardus

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Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold water.

Neville Cardus

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Sir Neville Cardus (2 April 1889 – 28 February 1975) was a celebrated British journalist. He was a music and cricket writer for the Manchester Guardian.

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Alternative Names: John Frederick Neville Cardus • Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus

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A great composition to me is ... an incarnation of a genius, of all that was ever in him of the slightest consequence.

Even an ordinary broken chord is made to disclose rare beauties; we are reminded of the fairies' hazelnuts in which diamonds were concealed but you could break the shell only if your hands were blessed.

If a German or an Austrian, a Greek or a Bashibazouk, had composed Gerontius, the whole world would have by now admitted its qualities.

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