Ascending Melodic Minor

Famous quotes containing the words ascending, melodic and/or minor:

    “It is the most enduring quality, and the most ascending quality.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Whose starward eye
    Saw chariot “swing low”? And who was he
    That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,
    “Nobody knows de trouble I see”?”
    —James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

    “Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)