The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is ne… - Samuel Butler

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The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other. - Samuel Butler

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