More quotes by musicians (some Jewish!)

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

I couldn't resist:]
Lorele

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music."
--Isaac Stern

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail
outside a window and trying to stick to the
panes of glass with its claws."
--Charles Baudelaire

In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least  four
miscarriages."
--Sir Thomas Beecham on Bruckner's Seventh Symphony

"What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about."
--Sir Thomas Beecham on Beethoven's Seventh Symphony

Sir Thomas Beecham was once asked if he had played  any Stockhausen.  "No," he
replied, "but I have trodden in some."

"Rossini would have been a great composer if his  teacher had spanked him
enough on his backside."
--Ludwig van Beethoven

"Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet."
--Bertolt Brecht

"He'd be better off shoveling snow."
--Richard Strauss on Arnold Schoenberg.

Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by
Villa-Lobos?"
--Igor Stravinsky

If he'd been making shell-cases during the war it might have been better for
music."
--Maurice Ravel on Camille Saint-Saens
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> > There are more bad musicians than there is bad 
> > music."
> > > > >>--Isaac Stern
> > > > >>
> > > > >>I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that
> > of  a > cat hung up by
> > its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the
> > panes  of glass with
> > its claws."
> > > > >>--Charles Baudelaire
> > > > >>
> > > > >>In the first movement alone, I took note of
> > six  pregnancies and at
> > least  four miscarriages."
> > > > >>--Sir Thomas Beecham on Bruckner's Seventh 
> > Symphony
> > > > >>
> > > > >>"What can you do with it? It's like a lot of
> > yaks  jumping about."
> > > > >>--Sir Thomas Beecham on Beethoven's Seventh
> > Symphony
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Sir Thomas Beecham was once asked if he had 
> > played  any Stockhausen.
> > > > >>"No," he replied, "but I have trodden in
> > some."
> > > > >>
> > > > >>  "Rossini would have been a great composer if
> > his  teacher had
> > spanked him enough on his backside."
> > > > >>--Ludwig van Beethoven
> > > > >>
> > > > >>"Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too
> > sweet."
> > > > >>--Bertolt Brecht
> > > > >>
> > > > >>"He'd be better off shoveling snow."
> > > > >>--Richard Strauss on Arnold Schoenberg.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of
> > music I don't like, it's
> > always by Villa-Lobos?"
> > > > >>--Igor Stravinsky
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If he'd been making shell-cases during the war
> > it might have been
> > better for music."
> > > > >>--Maurice Ravel on Camille Saint-Saens
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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