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Composers Should Write Tunes That Chauffeurs And Errand Boys Can Whistle. -- Sir Thomas Beecham
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Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
-- Sir Thomas Beecham
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A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. -- Sir Thomas Beecham
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In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.
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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble
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Why should the Devil have all the good tunes? Rowland Hill (1744-1833)
Though an angel should write, still 't is devils must print.
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Only a wizard can use a magic whistle.