6 Thomas Beecham Quotes on Criticism

Thomas Beecham quotes on criticism

2. Asked if he had ever conducted any Stockhausen, he said, 'No, but I once trod in some.'

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

4. A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

8. The musical equivalent of St. Pancras Station

10. No composer has written as much as 100 bars of worthwhile music since 1925.

11. It is said that in one rehearsal he was unsatisfied with the performance of a female cello soloist, and so said to her 'Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and all you can do is scratch it!'.