Saturday, May 9, 2020


May   9,  2020


Thought  for  Today 

Liverpool: “The god-forsaken city,  with a  climate  so evil that no self-respecting singer would ever set foot in it!   It is a catarrhal place that has been the cause through the centuries of the nasal  Liverpool accent.”  


Sir Thomas Beecham, 
Quoted by Harold Atkins and Archie Newman,  
Beecham Stories.  Isn’t Liverpool the place 
where the Beatles began in 1960 – 
so did Sir Thomas 
say this before or after them?  
Thomas Beecham  [1879-1961]
also said, “Composers should write tunes that 
chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.” 

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