A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

  • -- Tom Glazer 汤姆·格雷泽

在大多数情况下,老民歌的一个特点是我们不知道它们的作曲家或作者。较老的民歌通常没有商业目的。他们是口口相传的,代代相传。

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It appears a bold thing to say so when one sees how much many a modern author who knows how to make a skilful use of the Book of Chronicles has to tell about the tabernacle.

当我们看到有多少现代的作家知道如何巧妙地运用历代志书来讲述神龛时,这样说似乎是大胆的。

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

作者自己是对自己作品的最佳评判者;没有人对这个问题进行过如此深刻的思考;没有人对这一事件如此真诚地感兴趣。

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.

我喜欢亨德里克斯。我是说,真的,真的爱他。好像他是一位伟大的古典作曲家。和他。我就是这样看他的。

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

我喜欢听古典作曲家的作品:拉赫曼尼诺夫、萨蒂。