#conductors

Composers are not all good conductors. ↗

— Anton Seidl

#conductors #good

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding. ↗

— Lara St. John

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Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. ↗

— Leonard Bernstein

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Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors. ↗

— Carter Burwell

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They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs. ↗

— Rue McClanahan

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The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors. ↗

— Anton Seidl

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So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities. ↗

— Arthur Rock

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The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players. ↗

— Blaine Lee

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Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. ↗

— James Levine

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