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The grand tune is the only th...

The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Too much counterpoint; what i...

Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Composers and musicians have ...

Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

I find brass bands have a mel...

I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Music first and last should s...

Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Elgar's first symphony is the...

Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Madam, you have between your ...

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

A soprano in Massenet's Don Q...

A soprano in Massenet's Don Quixote complained that she had missed her entry in the aria, "because Mr. Challiapin always dies too soon." "Madam, you must be profoundly in error," said Sir Thomas, "No operatic star has yet died half soon enough for me."

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

The sound of a harpsichord - ...

The sound of a harpsichord - two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

As you'll never hear the thin...

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

If an opera cannot be played ...

If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

The function of music is to r...

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Beethoven's last quartets wer...

Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Composers should write tunes ...

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

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

Great music is that which pen...

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

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

The English may not like musi...

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

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

A musicologist is a man who c...

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

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

No operatic star has yet died...

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

There are two golden rules fo...

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 47 quotes

Brass bands are all very well...

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

Thomas Beecham 47 quotes

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