10+ Donal Henahan Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Donal Henahan quotes and sayings.

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

On the subject of wild mushrooms, it is easy to tell who is an expert and who is not: The expert is the one who is still alive. — Donal Henahan

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

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task. — Donal Henahan

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

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

[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist. — Donal Henahan

It will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in a Midwestern motel. — Donal Henahan

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

Miss Petrowska,an excellent pianist, held the audience transfixed with Chou Wen-chung’s work. Miss Petrowska was coolness itself in getting the hardware into the piano and out again…in Messiaen, a feeling for the music’s reverent sobriety combined to produce an absorbing performance. — Donal Henahan