Sir Thomas Beecham quotes and words of wisdom

"A musicologist is a man who can read music but can"t hear it."
Found in the topic Hearing.

"Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes."
Found in the topic Engineer.

"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 must be profoundly in error," said Sir Thomas, "No operatic star has yet died half soon enough for me.""
Found in the topic Opera.

"Brass bands are all very well in their place ? outdoors and several miles away."
Found in the topic Music.

Interesting Quotes

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.John Kenneth Galbraith - US (Canadian-born) administrator & economist (1908 - )

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.Hesketh Pearson