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- Few tears will be shed over the demise of the East German army, but what about East Germany’s eighty symphony orchestras, bound to lose some…
- I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is only minimal, not…
- A wonderful, warm, positive individual who exhibits the values that are prerequisite to a significant faculty post in higher education, I think that it is…
- You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business of knit your…
- My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority. A musician, after all, is not a mili- tary officer. What matters…
- The Woodshed Orchestra trade in exuberance and might, a glistening thunderslap on the hind of musical atrophy. These songs leap from disc to lap, a…
- Many people believe that composing 'Concerto for Orchestra' kept Bartok alive through his final years of a battle with leukemia.
- The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
- The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well.
- Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.
- No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.
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- On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
- At night, before I go to bed, I check on the kids to make sure they're still breathing. But that's easy because… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
- There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on… — Thomas Beecham
- I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. — Leonard Bernstein