Zoltán KodályHungarian composer |
To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.
We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.