I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.
The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.
I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude.
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.
The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.
Of course, experience strengthens one later.
Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift.
You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.
Oh well, whatever, nevermind.
It's not a loup cage, you know,' I told her. 'It's a holding cell. Or safe room. or secure room. I don't think Jim ever settled on a term he could live with. ' 'Aha. It's a loup cage. ' Andrea cleared her throat. 'I touched it with my finger and it hurt. Is that in case of marital problems?
Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.