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Gustav Mahler on Music

1860–1911 Austria

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If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

For myself I know that, as long as I can summarize my experience in words, I would certainly not make any music about it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gustav Mahler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.