Harpsichordists are supposed to make love not war.
Skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
An instrument that was once the basis of every orchestra and chamber ensemble was long ago replaced by the stronger and for some sweeter sounding piano.
A famous english conductor said that the harpsichord sounded like two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
My reply to this comment is skeletons of what animal.
Sir thomas beecham read more quotes from thomas beecham.
From the skeletons copulating on a tin roof jibes of conductor sir thomas beecham to its unfavourable characterisation as the ideal instrument of the addams family the harpsichord is an often.
Try everything once except folk dancing and incest the sound of a harpsichord two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
And there are two golden rules for an orchestra.
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Sir thomas beecham famously compared the sound they make to two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
By the time beecham s harpsichord story made its way down to australia it became two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
From the skeletons copulating on a tin roof jibes of conductor sir thomas beecham to its unfavourable characterisation as the ideal instrument of the addams family the harpsichord is an often.
If we believe as sir thomas beecham did that the harpsichord sounds like skeletons copulating on a tin roof then this was a veritable orgy.
Quite an amusing statement but no less was to be expected of a man like beecham known for his sharp tongue and one liners.
Although many will disagree like the conductor sir thomas beecham 1879 1961 who s alleged opinion was that the sound of a harpsichord is something in the lines of two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
Friday 23rd august 2019 12 42 pm.
That was indeed the story in question.
Start together and finish together.
8 quotes from thomas beecham.
Now the harpsichord is very much the preserve of specialists and early music.
But now two masters of the instrument.
February 13 2008 at 10 58 pm reply.
The public doesn t give a damn what goes on in between.
The sound of a harpsichord two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
