3 Gioachino Rossini Quotes on Art

Gioachino Rossini quotes on art

2. Bon Dieu; la voila terminee, cette pauvre petite messe. Est-ce bien de la musique sacree que je viens de faire, ou bien de la sacre musique ? J'etais ne pour l'opera buffa, tu le sais bien! Peu de science, un peu de coeur, tout est la. Sois donc beni et accorde-moi le Paradis.

3. Cette petite composition qui est, helas, le dernier peche mortel de ma vieillesse.

9. His moral deficiencies as an artist were quite extraordinary. When he found the natural superiority of his genius in conflict with the ignorance and frivolity of the public - and the musical ignorance and frivolity of the Venetians and Neapolitans can hardly be overstated - he surrendered without a struggle. Although he was so able a man that it was easier and pleasanter to him to do his work intelligently than to conventionalize it and write down to the popular taste, he never persevered in any innovation that was not well received.