“At concerts, for me, the orchestra was like a painter. It flooded me with all the colours of the rainbow. If the violin came in by itself, I was suddenly filled with gold and fire, and with red so bright I could not remember having seen it on any object.” IfsRememberMusicFireObjectsRedGoldFilledPainterColourConcertsRainbowOrchestraViolin Author:James Elkins
“Jazz is not a game of chance. Its sonorous disorder is only an appearance. It is an organized force obeying obscure laws, conforming to a secret technique, codified or not, and we discover that no one can become a virtuoso on the spur of the moment in this orchestra of 'noisemakers.” MomentsLawGamesForceChanceSecretMusicJazzAppearanceTechniqueOrganizedDisorderObscureConformOrchestraSpursObeyingVirtuosoSpur Of The Moment Author:Wanda Landowska
“There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.” GivingTwoFunnyTogetherMusicGoes OnMusic IsMusicalGoldenDamnComposerOrchestraTogethernessClassical MusicGolden RuleConductorFunny MusicFamous MusicianClassic MusicComposing MusicMusical LifeFun Music Author:Thomas Beecham
“One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.” MusicMakersOne TimeOrchestraChampagneShampoo Book:Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk Source: Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk
“Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.” ViewsMusicRocksBandAlbumsBrilliantFrankArrangementsOrchestraRock BandsIdiom Author:Dweezil Zappa
“I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.” ThinkingYearsLittlesPlayJobsSexWomenWorkMusicComposerOrchestraInitialsConductorAstonishmentConductingOver 50Battle Of The Sexes Author:Nadia Boulanger
“To his orchestra Stop da music, stop da music! You're supposed to follow da music, not chase it all over da place.” FunnyMusicOrchestra Author:Jimmy Durante
“The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.” PersonsFunnyTurnsWonderMusicAudiencePlayerHumorousSticksShakesPeculiarOrchestraConductor Author:Victor Borge
“It is when music is added that a film can come to life for a director. A live orchestra, playing the score as a conductor watches the film on a huge screen, often gives a fimmaker the first real glimpse of his soon-to-be-completed work. That's where the magic is.” GivingFirstsRealFilmMusicWatchesMagicHugeDirectorsMusic IsScreensScoreGlimpseOrchestraConductorCompleted Work Author:Robert Paul Wolff
“I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only the same notes over and over. Chirps and tweets and trills and burples. It's as if the insect orchestra is forever tuning its instruments, forever waiting for the maestro to tap his baton and bring them to order. I, for one, hope the maestro never comes. I love the music mess of it.” IfsOrderWaitingMusicForeverSummerWindowInstrumentsNotesMessTunesMelodyInsectsOrchestraSymphonyTweetTuningBatonMaestroTrill Book:Love, Stargirl Source: Love, Stargirl
“My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony Hall, and the orchestra was playing. When the show started, the spotlight was sharp on this one man (Andres Segovia) and he had sombrero on and his guitar propped up like this and, oh man ... he was a master ! - I really heard it. That one guitar sounded like a whole orchestra to me.” MenTryingWholeShowsMusicNiceWifeHeardMastersGuitarLos AngelesHallsOne ManConcertsBeing NiceExesOrchestraSymphonySpotlightEx WifeSombreros Author:B. B. King
“Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.” GivingMusicAudienceSignalsOrchestraJazz MusicConductorChoreographyClassic MusicJazz And Life Author:George Szell