Archive for the 'Conductors' Category

13 03 2007

Conductor vs. lion tamer

Posted by: musicquotes, in Conductors, Dimitri Mitropolous, Memory, Orchestra

“I never use a score when conducting my orchestra… Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?”
– Dimitri Mitropolous

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13 03 2007

Gatekeeper of a bordello

Posted by: musicquotes, in Arturo Toscanini, Conductors, Death, NBC Orchesta, Orchestra

“After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won’t let any of you enter.”
–Arturo Toscanini to the NBC Orchestra

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13 03 2007

Das Merde

Posted by: musicquotes, in Beethoven, Brahms, Conductors, Debussy, George Szell, Wagner

“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

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