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Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . . . All old

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . . . All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written

Peter Warlock
Yesterday, Musical, Today

All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.

Peter Warlock
Alive, Today, Significant
Peter Warlock (1998). “The Occasional Writings of Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock): Early music”

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever.

Peter Warlock
Modern, Music Is, Significance
Peter Warlock (1998). “The Occasional Writings of Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock): Early music”

Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.

Peter Warlock
Musical, Students, Periods
Peter Warlock (1998). “The Occasional Writings of Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock): Early music”

All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago.

Peter Warlock
Yesterday, Sound, Three

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