Thomas Beecham Quotes

• You have between your legs the most sensitive instrument known to man, and all you can do is scratch it.

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• British music is in a state of perpetual promise. It might almost be said to be one long promissory note.

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• Like two skeletons copulating on a corrugated tin roof.

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• 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.

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• The musical equivalent of the towers of St Pancras Station.

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• Hark! The herald angels sing! Beecham’s Pills are just the thing, Two for a woman, one for a child, Peace on earth and mercy mild!

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• It is far too large. It ought to be removed.

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

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

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• A musicologist is a man who can read music but can not hear it.

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• 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.

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

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• No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

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• Movie music is noise… even more painful than my sciatica.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Thomas Beecham (20)

Birth:	29th April, 1879
Death:	8th March, 1961
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Impresario, Music Conductor

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