Archive for the 'Brahms' Category

“He has an enormously wide repertory. He can conduct anything, provided it’s by Beethoven, Brahms or Wagner. He tried Debussy’s La Mer once. It came out as Das Merde.”
–Anonymous Orchestra Member on George Szell

“Exit in case of Brahms.”
–Philip Hale’s proposed inscription over the doors of Boston Symphony Hall

“Art is long and life is short; here is evidently the explanation of a Brahms symphony.”
–Edward Lorne

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