Once he described the sound of the harpsichord as two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
Skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
Harpsichordists are supposed to make love not war.
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On another occasion he declared that the british may not like music but they absolutely love the noise.
Sir thomas beecham famously compared the sound they make to two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
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Start together and finish together.
A famous english conductor said that the harpsichord sounded like two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
And there are two golden rules for an orchestra.
My reply to this comment is skeletons of what animal.
But now two masters of the instrument.
February 13 2008 at 10 58 pm reply.
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.
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.
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The public doesn t give a damn what goes on in between.
Try everything once except folk dancing and incest the sound of a harpsichord two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
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.
By the time beecham s harpsichord story made its way down to australia it became two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
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.
That was indeed the story in question.
The sound of a harpsichord two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
Good reply but i have no answer to that.
Now the harpsichord is very much the preserve of specialists and early music.
