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Thomas Beecham
English
Composer
About the author
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Love
#May
#English
#Music
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Man
#Music
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Men
#America
#Women
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Public
#Rules
No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Music
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#World
#Poor
#Opinion
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Difficulty
#Music
#Memory
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer
#Boys
#Composers
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
Thomas Beecham,
English
Composer