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«Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | About: Music | Keywords: difficulty, ear, facility, leaves, magical, memory, penetrated, penetrates, The Ear
«Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands - and all you can do is scratch it»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | About: Sex | Keywords: capable, from scratch, giving, instrument, legs, leg it, madam, madams, scratch, scratched, scratches, Thousands
«A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | Keywords: musicologist
«Try everything once except folk dancing and incest.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | Keywords: folk, folk dancing, incest
«Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | About: Music | Keywords: bands, brass, brass band, brass bands, outdoors, very well
«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.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | Keywords: give a damn, in-between, orchestra
«I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | Keywords: all round
«If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | Keywords: grinder, grinders, opera, organ, organ grinder
«Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | About: Composers | Keywords: chauffeur, chauffeured, chauffeurs, composers, errand, errands, tunes, whistle
«The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.»
Author: Sir Thomas Beecham | Keywords: the English
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