Quote by: Gian Carlo Menotti

The only thing that interests me in music is to be able to reach into the, let's call it, 'collective unconscious' of what is noblest in the human spirit, the way you find in the music of Mozart and Beethoven and Verdi that wonderful quality that not a note can be changed.


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Author Bio


  • NameGian Carlo Menotti
  • DescriptionComposer and librettist
  • BornJuly 7, 1911
  • DiedFebruary 1, 2007
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionConductor; Film Director; Composer; Musicologist; Music Educator; Librettist
  • WorksAmahl And The Night Visitors; Amelia Goes To The Ball; The Old Maid And The Thief; The Consul
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Peabody Award