"The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.“


-Igor Stravinsky

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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

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