Revolutionaries themselves are the last people to realize when, through force of time and circumstance, they have gradually become conservatives. It … - Constant Lambert

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Revolutionaries themselves are the last people to realize when, through force of time and circumstance, they have gradually become conservatives. It is scarcely to be wondered at if the public is very nearly as slow in the uptake.

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About Constant Lambert

Leonard Constant Lambert (23 August 1905 – 21 August 1951) was an English conductor, critic and modernist composer. In the 1920s he was among the first to write jazz-influenced classical music.

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Birth Name: Leonard Constant Lambert
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