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Thomas%20Beecham
A musicologist is...
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
Source: Beecham...
Great music is...
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never...
Composers should write...
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Source:...
Music first and...
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner...
The English may...
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
A musicologist is...
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.
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Good music is...
Good music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty. Magical music never...
The sound of...
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.
There are two...
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what...
All the arts...
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
I have recently...
I have recently been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
The English may...
The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
Source:...
Brass bands are...
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
In the first...
In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages. [on Bruckner's 7th...
[They] are quite...
[They] are quite hopeless drooling, driveling, doleful, depressing, dropsical drips.