John Barbirolli quotes
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“You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.”
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“Ladies of the choir, I want you to sound like twenty-two women having babies without chloroform.”
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“Modern music is three farts and a raspberry, orchestrated.”
-- John BarbirolliSource : Of modern music. Quoted in M Kennedy Barbirolli, Conductor Laureate (1971).
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“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics
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Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
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“Victor Hernandez, like an orchestral conductor directing his troops...”
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“Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.”
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