Best 62 quotes of Eugene Ormandy on MyQuotes

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.

After two minutes after this time, and I am already there.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

Beauty is less important than quality.

Brass, stay down all summer.

[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.

Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

Did you play? It sounded very good.

Don't ever follow me, because I am difficult.

Don't think you are looking at me because you are not.

During the rests - pray.

Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.

He was listening so I don't remember.

I always feel I do it too slow, but then others do it faster.

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.

I cannot give it to you, so try to watch me.

I can see none of you are smugglers; that's why it's so loud.

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.

I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.

If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.

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.

I need one more bass less.

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.

Intonation is important, especially when it is cold.

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.

I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.

It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.

It's hot as hell as can be.

It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.

I was trying to help you, so I was beating wrong.

I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.

Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.

Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player. It's named 'Blumine,' which has something to do with flowers.

More basses, because you are so far away.

Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.

Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.

Start three bars before something.

Suddenly I was in the right tempo - but it wasn't.

Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.

That's the way it was every time I studied it.

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

The next movement is still in the factory.

The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.

There is a number missing. I can see it.

There was confusion since I stood here 35 years ago.