On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, jane wrote:
~On hearing Malcolm Sargent (whose nickname was 'Flash') was touring Japan
~"Ah, Flash in Japan".
~When receiving effusive cards and telegrams on his birthday "What? Nothing
~from Mozart?"
Oh, very good.
Methinks I'll have to go and look for other Beecham quotes...
"Sir Thomas, what do you think of Stockhausen?"
Beecham's reply: "I trod in some once."
Beecham's definitions of musical instruments:
The organ: "a mechanical box of whistles"
The harpsichord: "sounds like two skeletons copulating on a corrugated
tin roof", or "a birdcage played with a toasting fork"
The trombone: "a sluice pump"
The upright piano: "a musical growth found adhering to the walls of most
semi-detached houses in the provinces"
And finally my favourite:
"The British don't understand music. They just like the noise it makes."
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