“Ten Golden Rules (for the album of a young conductor)”
Richard Strauss (1864–1949) German composer and orchestra director
Recollections and Reflections
“Young conductors talk too much.”
From Monteux, Doris G (1965). It's All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 604146, p. 196
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