I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books. — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift. — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities. — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure. — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
