Thomas Powers Quotes

The Composer Stravinsky Had Written A New Piece With A Difficult Violin Passage. After It Had Been In Rehearsal For Several Weeks, The Solo Violinist Came To Stravinsky And Said He Was Sorry, He Had Tried His Best, The Passage Was Too Difficult, No Violinist Could Play It. Stravinsky Said, 'I Understand That. What I Am After Is The Sound Of Someone Trying To Play It.'

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