Quotes from Thomas Beecham


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    The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

    Love | Music | English


    Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

    Music | Great | Memory


    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.

    Together | Start | Rules


    All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.

    Women | Men | Arts


    Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.

    Music | Painful | Noise


    A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

    Music | Hear


    Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

    Outdoors | Bands | Miles


    Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

    Boy | Whistle | Composers


    I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

    Opinion | Poor | Round


    No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

    Star | Soon | Died


       

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