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Thomas Beecham
12 quotes
“Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [Beecham admitted to Neville Cardus that he had made this up on the spur of the moment to satisfy an importunate journalist; he acknowledged that it was an oversimplification. (Neville Cardus: 'Sir Thomas Beecham, A Mem…
“The musical equivalent of the towers of St Pancras Station”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Neville Cardus: Sir Thomas Beecham, A Memoir, (1961)
“Asked if he had ever conducted any Stockhausen, he said, "No, but I once trod in some.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of J. S. Bach; quoted by Neville Cardus, Guardian, 8 March 1971
“A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by H. Proctor-Gregg, Beecham Remembered (1976), p. 154
“The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Atkins and Newman, Beecham Stories, 1978
“What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Atkins and Newman, Beecham Stories, 1978
“I found it as alluring as a wayward woman and determined to tame it.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I cannot sing a work, I cannot conduct it.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A city life for me!”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No composer has written as much as 100 bars of worthwhile music since 1925.”
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source