"Musical practice is too young an art in……" — Anton Seidl
"Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift."
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Anton Seidl
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12 Quotes by Anton Seidl
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I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists…
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I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant…
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Composers are not all good conductors.
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America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and…
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Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found…
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It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.
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Of course, experience strengthens one later.
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The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.
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The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the…
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The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much…
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It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing…
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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
— Arthur Ashe
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and…
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful…
— Chinua Achebe
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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as…
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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks…
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself…
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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