More quotes by Thomas Beecham
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
Composers should write tunes the chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.
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