“ Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. ”
- George Szell- Copy
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“ Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. ”
- Leonard Bernstein- Copy
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“ The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage. ”
- Minnie Fiske- Copy
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“ He is not all musician; he is also part bus conductor in charge of a moving vehicle who dutifully hurries people off and onto it at designated intervals. ”
- Christopher Andreae- Copy
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“ There's only one woman I know of who could never be a symphony conductor, and that's the Venus de Milo. ”
- Margaret Hillis- Copy
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“ Baton technique is to a conductor what fingers are to a pianist. ”
- Igor Markevitch- Copy
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“ The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. ”
- Nicholas Meyer- Copy
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“ Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here. ”
- Rodger Ward- Copy
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“ We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him — if he is relaxed, open and attuned, then the invisible will take possession of him; through him, it will reach us. ”
- Peter Stephen Paul Brook- Copy
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