This Must Be The Mission

Wine Snobbery, Of Course, Is Part Showmanship, Part Sophistication, Part Knowledge, And Part Bluff

Inspiration Is Wonderful When It Happens, But The Writer Must Develop An Approach For The Rest Of The Time... The Wait Is Simply Too Long.

Perhaps The Chief Requirement Of [the Conductor] Is That He Be Humble Before The Composer; That He Never Interpose Himself Between The Music And The Audience; That All His Efforts, However Strenuous Or Glamorous, Be Made In The Service Of The Composer's Meaning - The Music Itself, Which, After All, Is The Whole Reason For The Conductor's Existence.

I Believe That From That Earth Emerges A Musical Poetry, Which Is By The Nature Of Its Sources Tonal. I Believe That These Sources Cause To Exist A Phonology Of Music, Which Evolves From The Universal Known As The Harmonic Series.

It Would Be Nice To Hear Someone Accidentally Whistle Something Of Mine, Somewhere, Just Once.