Quote of the Day for 2016-03-01

"The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands."

— Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) Quoted by H. Procter-Gregg in Sir Thomas Beecham, Conductor and Impresario

Madonna photoshoot by Tom Munro for L'Uomo Vogue (May-June 2014)

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-04

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."

— Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Quoted by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, May 28, 1810

No. 2 in a series of Beethoven engravings (1931-1938) by Michel Katzaroff (1891-1953), sold not just as prints, but also as postcards.

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-09

"I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do."

— Billie Holiday (1915-1959) Lady Sings the Blues, chapter 22