Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.
The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me. - Thomas Beecham
The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me.
- Thomas Beecham
We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again. - Thomas Beecham
We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. - Thomas Beecham
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
A soprano in Massenet's Don Quixote complained that she had missed her entry in the aria, "because Mr. Challiapin always dies too soon." "Madam, you … - Thomas Beecham
A soprano in Massenet's Don Quixote complained that she had missed her entry in the aria, "because Mr. Challiapin always dies too soon." "Madam, you …
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought. - Thomas Beecham
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some." - Thomas Beecham
"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. - Thomas Beecham
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes. - Thomas Beecham
It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into… - Thomas Beecham
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into…
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