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Quotes from National Music — Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872–1958 England

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The art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.

National Music (1934)

The business of finding a nation's soul is a long and slow one at the best and a great many prophets must be slain in the course of it. Perhaps when we have slain enough prophets future generations will begin to build their tombs.

National Music (1934)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ralph Vaughan Williams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.