Thomas Beecham Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Thomas Beecham:

Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.
~Thomas Beecham


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#cee27cf5

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.
~Thomas Beecham


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#109cabc8

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
~Thomas Beecham


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#ebb1b3fe

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
~Thomas Beecham


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#6e754912

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
~Thomas Beecham


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#fa2c6b60

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
~Thomas Beecham


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#35673c6b

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
~Thomas Beecham


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#e53492a1

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#df253459

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
~Thomas Beecham


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#0f815d49

All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
~Thomas Beecham


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/thomas-beecham-quotes/#e3b03f4a

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