John Drinkwater Quote

The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music.

John Drinkwater

The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music.

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About John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater is the name of:

John Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844), English officer and military historian
John Drinkwater (playwright) (1882–1937), English poet and dramatist
John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), pioneer in women's education in India
John Drinkwater (composer) (born 1957), English composer and technologist