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I learned, too, how it was po...

I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

The ability to conduct is a g...

The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

The conductor's gift does not...

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

I have often heard the statem...

I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

Composers are not all good co...

Composers are not all good conductors.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

America does not need gorgeou...

America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

Conducting! A subject, truly,...

Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

It is simple nonsense to spea...

It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

It always makes me sad when I ...

It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

The ability to conduct is a gi...

The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

The conductor's gift does not ...

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

The composers could no longer ...

The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

Of course, experience strength...

Of course, experience strengthens one later.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

Musical practice is too young ...

Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

It is simple nonsense to speak...

It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

It always makes me sad when I ...

It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

I learned, too, how it was pos...

I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

I have often heard the stateme...

I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

Conducting! A subject, truly, ...

Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

Composers are not all good con...

Composers are not all good conductors.

Anton Seidl 13 quotes

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