Synchronize

conductor

dad joke

confucius say

semiconductor

lightning

conducting

trivia

is the musician most likely to get struck by lightning.

is a man who would rather face the music than his audience.

A conductor is a man who would rather face the music than his audience.

is a man who has the distinct advantage of not being able to see the audience.

's whole duty is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

is one for whom the chief requirement is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning.

Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning - the music itself, which, after all, is the whole reason for the conductor's existence.

is, when good, like good chauffeur; concentration, an incessant control of attention, and presence of mind; the conductor only has to add a little sense of music.

A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant control of attention, and presence of mind; the conductor only has to add a little sense of music.

's principal task is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

is one who must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.

conductor, n.Memes

Keep exploring conductor→

conductor