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The symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything. — Gustav Mahler

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The symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.

In the original German

die Symphonie müss sein wie die Welt. Sie müss alles umfassen.

Gustav Mahler
1907
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1907
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Gustav Mahler
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Mahler, Gustav. Quoted in Jean Sibelius: His Life and Personality, written by Karl Ekman. Alan Wilmer, 1936.

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