Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary. (Anton Rubinstein)

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

Anton Rubinstein

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