"Things remain the same because it is impossible to change very much without changing most of everything."

"In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive w…"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"

"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and pri…"

"The artistic contribution of any nation and any age must be in terms of creation. Performers, symphony organizations,…"

"The most complete knowledge of tonal material cannot create a composer any more than the memorizing of Webster's dict…"

"To the artist, to the musician, is given the task of creating and expressing beauty--of sensitizing the souls of men."

"The word "civilization" apparently first appeared in a French book in the mid-eighteenth century (L'Ami des hommes (1…"

"Those of us who have witnessed the marvellous development of the great motion picture industry, who have perhaps play…"