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- And when the devil's made us wise (en)
- By corners where the martyrs fell. (en)
- Each in his own peculiar hell (en)
- We're free to sentimentalise (en)
- With desert hearts and drunken eyes (en)
- Bax's music is never simply rhapsodic or formless ... but the tendency to be diffuse, to a point where the listener's attention insists on wandering, the love of picaresque construction and the absence of clear outlines—these faults account for the general apathy towards music that is intrinsically noble, humane, and capable of a certain melancholy grandeur. (en)
- I worked very hard at the Irish language and steeped myself in its history and saga, folk-tale and fairy-lore. ... Under this domination, my musical style became strengthened ... I began to write Irishly, using figures and melodies of a definitely Celtic curve. (en)
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