The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music.
-- John Drinkwater
   
John Drinkwater   Name:
John Drinkwater
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
English
Birth:
June 1, 1882
Death:
March 25, 1937
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