Quote by: Timothy Findley

music is the worst of them - roiling and boiling - overly emotionalized on the one hand, overly intellectuallized on the other. Bach and Mozart indeed! Bach inevitably makes me think of fish in a barrel! round and round and round they go and nothing ever happens. Nothing ! Tum -de-dum-dum. Tum -de-dum-dum and that's all! Tum -de-dum-de-bloody-dum-dum! As for Mozart, his emotions did not mature beyond the age of twelve. never achieved adolescence, let alone puberty. his music merely combines a popular talent for slapstick and a commercial talent for tears. No - not tears. For sobs. Beethoven, pompous. Chopin - sickly sweet and given to tantrums - Tum -de-dum-dum- Bang! and Wagner - a self -centred bore. and Stravinsky - discordant, rude and blows his music through his nose


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Author Bio


  • NameTimothy Findley
  • DescriptionCanadian writer
  • BornOctober 30, 1930
  • DiedJune 21, 2002
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionWriter; Screenwriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Wars; Pilgrim
  • AwardsChevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; Officer Of The Order Of Canada; Edgar Award