Samuel Butler: The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential

The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. — Samuel Butler

The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.

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