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Perhaps no hall of comparable size anywhere has served so nobly as a spawning ground for young talent and, it must be said, as a graveyard for the hopes of the mediocre. - Donal Henahan Quotes

Perhaps no hall of comparable size anywhere has served so nobly as a spawning ground for young talent and, it must be said, as a graveyard for the hopes of the mediocre.

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors. - Donal Henahan Quotes

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

English Musician

The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it. - Donal Henahan Quotes

The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it.

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task. - Donal Henahan Quotes

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.

English Musician

In her most taxing aria,

In her most taxing aria, "O patria mia," there were powerful reminders of the Price that we remember best and want to remember, a Price beyond pearls.

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant, soaring tone-that and the blinding, high-beam-headlight smile that she flashed on her fans at each curtain call. - Donal Henahan Quotes

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant, soaring tone-that and the blinding, high-beam-headlight smile that she flashed on her fans at each curtain call.

Books And Reading

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose. - Donal Henahan Quotes

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

English Musician

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg. - Donal Henahan Quotes

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg.

English Musician

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists. - Donal Henahan Quotes

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

Autobiography English Musician

[It] will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in a Midwestern motel. - Donal Henahan Quotes

[It] will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in a Midwestern motel.

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