Romantic Period and Twentieth Century
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O Gott, du frommer Gott, Op. 122 No. 7
You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. Performed by Matthias Flierl Read more about this topic: Chorale Prelude Famous quotes containing the words twentieth century, romantic, period, twentieth and/or century:“Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.” “The rich were dull and they drank too much or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, “The very rich are different from you and me.” And how someone had said to Julian, “Yes, they have more money.”” “Stupid word, that. Period. In America it means “full stop” like in punctuation. That’s stupid as well. A period isn’t a full stop. It’s a new beginning. I don’t mean all that creativity, life-giving force, earth-mother stuff, I mean it’s a new beginning to the month, relief that you’re not pregnant, when you don’t have to have a child.” “As the twentieth century ends, commerce and culture are coming closer together. The distinction between life and art has been eroded by fifty years of enhanced communications, ever-improving reproduction technologies and increasing wealth.” “But countless plagues wander among men; for earth is full of evils, and the sea is full.” |