Thomas Beecham Quotes - Page 2

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• The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started

  Thomas Beecham

  Sound, Bagpipes, Finished

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• The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.

  Thomas Beecham

  Kindness, Long, Loud

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

  Thomas Beecham

  Music, Symphony, Firsts

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• Movie music is noise. It's even more painful than my sciatica.

  Thomas Beecham

  Movie, Musical, Noise

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• Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.

  Thomas Beecham

  Too Much, Protestants

  Describing Bach, in 'Guardian' 8 March 1971

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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.

  Thomas Beecham

  Music, Memories, Magic

  1953 Television broadcast,17 Nov.

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• In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.

  Thomas Beecham

  Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Musical

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• If she is attractive, I can't perform with her; if she is not, then I won't.

  Thomas Beecham

  Attractive, Ifs, I Can

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

  Thomas Beecham

  Running, Art, Men

  In 'Observer' 5 May 1946

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• What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.

  Thomas Beecham

  Jumping, Musical, Yaks

  "Beecham Stories: Anecdotes, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Thomas Beecham". Book edited by Harold Atkins and‎ Archie Newman, September 28, 1978.

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

  Thomas Beecham

  Tunes

  "Conductors: A Record Collector's Guide, Including Compact Discs". Book by John L. Holmes, 1988.

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

  Thomas Beecham

  World, Opinion, Poor

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• Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.

  Thomas Beecham

  Musical, World, Sound

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• No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.

  Thomas Beecham

  Sex, Women, Sleep

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

  Thomas Beecham

  Stars, Soon Enough, Enough

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• Magical music never leaves the memory.

  Thomas Beecham

  Memories, Inspirational Music, Great Music

  1953 Television broadcast,17 Nov.

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

  Thomas Beecham

  Couple, Boys, Brass Bands

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• When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.

  Thomas Beecham

  Sick, Smoking, Tobacco

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