On 25/11/04 18:43, in article , "David
Rance" wrote:

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."

Wonderful!!
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)