Famous quotes containing the words italian and/or composer:
“Their martyred blood and ashes sow
O’er all the Italian fields where still doth sway
The triple tyrant; that from these may grow
A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way,
Early may fly the Babylonian woe.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“A nation creates music—the composer only arranges it.”
—Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)