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If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.


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I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.



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Its a funny thing Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und Verklärung.



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On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.



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Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.



Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.

Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.



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Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?





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