The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands... - Sergei Diaghilev

This quote is attributed to Sergei Diaghilev.

"The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead."

Sergei Diaghilev Music

Impresario & Entrepreneur Russian 1872–1929

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