Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and p… - Dmitri Shostakovich

" "
Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist. Many of his works mark the epochs of Soviet history, or explore his own position as an artist in a communist state. Since his death there has been much controversy as to his private political views.

Also Known As

Native Name: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович

Alternative Names: Shostakovich • Shosty • Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich • Dmitrij Šostakovič • Dmitri Dmitrievitch Chostakovitch • Dimitri Shostakovich • Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich • Dmitriii Dmitrievich Shostakovich

All quotes from Dmitri Shostakovich Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Dmitri Shostakovich:

Claude Debussy John Cage Richard Strauss Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arnold Schoenberg

Additional quotes by Dmitri Shostakovich

I feel eternal pain for those who were killed by Hitler, but I feel no less pain for those killed on Stalin's orders. I suffer for everyone who was tortured, shot, or starved to death.

The majority of my symphonies are tombstones.

What do you think of Puccini?
[ Britten: "I think his operas are dreadful." ]
No, Ben, you are wrong. He wrote marvellous operas, but dreadful music.

Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – a… - Dmitri Shostakovich

About Dmitri Shostakovich

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Dmitri Shostakovich

Advanced Search Filters