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trombone

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French

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Romanticism

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Royal Swedish Academy of Music

is meaningless without luck. The luck of having talent is not enough - one must also have a talent for luck.

The luck of having talent is not enough... one must also have a talent for luck. Hector Berlioz

is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

*He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

is able to break forth into an awe-inspiring cry and awaken the dead or doom the living with its fearful voice.

In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility and grandeur to the highest degree; it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outburst. Directed by the will of the master, the trombones can chant like a choir of priests, threaten, utter gloomy sighs, a mournful lament, or a bright hymn of glory; they can break forth into awe-inspiring cries and awaken the dead or doom the living with their fearful voices.

is able to chant like a choir of priests, to threaten, to make utter gloomy sighs, to offer a mournful lament, or to express a bright hymn of glory.

has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outburst.

is the epic one, the true head of the family of wind instruments, possessing nobility and grandeur to the highest degree.

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Hector Berlioz