http://www.andrewjefford.com/taxonomy/term/14 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.andrewjefford.com/node/93 <p>This is number 1 in a discontinuous series of ‘quotes of the day.’ (’The day’ being the day I come across them.)</p> <p>Florence May: “How can I most quickly improve?”<br /> Johannes Brahms: “You must walk constantly in the forest.”</p> <p>A little background: Florence May (1845-1923) was a talented English pianist who had travelled to study piano technique under Clara Schumann but who ended up as a pupil of Brahms himself. She later wrote a two-volume biography of Brahms.</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewjefford.com/node/93">read more</a></p> http://www.andrewjefford.com/node/93#comments General Music Philosophy Quotations Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:19:55 +0000 Andrew 93 at http://www.andrewjefford.com