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“Melody is the battle-cry of amateurs, and certainly music without melody is nothing. Understand, however, what these persons mean by it: a simple, flowing and pleasing rhythmical tune; this is enough to satisfy them. There are, however, others of a different sort, and whenever you open Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, or any real master, their melodies meet you in a thousand different shapes. I trust you will soon be tired of the inferior melodies, especially those out of the new italian operas; and of all vulgar ones.”
Robert Schumann. Musikalische Haus- und Lebensregeln. Faksimile Übertragung Textdruck, hg. von Gerd Nauhaus, Sinzig 2002, Studio-Verlag (Schumann-Studien, Sonderband 2)