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13 03 2007

Posted by: musicquotes, in America, Bruno Walter, Instruments, Orchestra, Volume

“Already too loud!”
– Bruno Walter at his first rehearsal with an American orchestra, on seeing the players reaching for their instruments.

13 03 2007

Posted by: musicquotes, in Austria, Bruno Walter, Composition, Gustav Mahler

“Don’t bother to look, I’ve composed all this already.”
– Gustav Mahler, to Bruno Walter who had stopped to admire mountain scenery in rural Austria.