Eugene Ormandy Quotes
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Write it down in your own handwriting.
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Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.
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Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.
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Yes, the mutes are already on. You took them off in the beginning.
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I can conduct better than I count.
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I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
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It has no rhythm, but it will because it's so much faster.
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We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters.
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It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.
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At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.
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I don't get into politics, general or musical, but just call me if you get jury duty. Even in New Jersey I was able to help somebody.
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Something went wrong. It was correct when I studied it.
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Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.
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There is a number missing. I can see it.
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I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.
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Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.
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I was trying to help you, so I was beating wrong.
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I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
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Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.
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I can see none of you are smugglers; that's why it's so loud.
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Who is sitting in that empty chair?
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Conductor Eugene Ormandy introduces Warfield to the audience in an unintentionally humorous way: With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
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Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.
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Intonation is important, especially when it is cold.