"Composers are not all good conductors." — Anton Seidl

"Composers are not all good conductors."

— Anton Seidl

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12 Quotes by Anton Seidl

Anton Seidl has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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