QuoteQuest“Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa—Who knows most, knows least.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
As spoken to Michael Kelly, from Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including a period of nearly half a century; with Original Anecdotes of many distinguished Personnages, Political, Literary, and Musical (London, Henry Colburn, 1826; digitized 2006)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
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