Ralph Vaughan Williams Quotes

The attitude of foreign to English musicians is unsympathetic, self-opinionated and pedantic. They believe that their tradition is the only one (this is specially true of the Viennese) and that anything that is not in accordance with that tradition is 'wrong' and arises from insular ignorance.

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  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Believe
  • True
  • English