Conductors Quotes

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The imagination ... that reconciling and mediatory power, which incorporating the reason in images of the sense and organizing (as it were) the flux of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the… — Lara St. John
The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming. — Idina Menzel
You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in… — David Ogden Stiers
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it. — Igor Stravinsky
I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train… — Harriet Tubman
What are our conductors giving us year after year? Only fresh corpses. Over these beautifully embalmed sonatas, toccatas, symphonies and operas the public dance the… — Henry Miller
I went to school in drag, in art school and my day was completely different because everybody thought I was a chick. You should see… — Gerard Way
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to… — Beryl Markham
The merit of poetry, in its wildest forms, still consists in its truth-truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by the words, but circuitously by… — Thomas B. Macaulay
There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do the… — Anna Netrebko
I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras. — Zubin Mehta
They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came… — Rue McClanahan
Conductors are performers. — Michael Tilson Thomas
I played with the best conductors of the world. — Mstislav Rostropovich
Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance. — Michael Tippett

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