I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.

Quote by Leonard Bernstein

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Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

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

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

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he...

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he...

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...