My reply to this comment is skeletons of what animal.
Skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
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By the time beecham s harpsichord story made its way down to australia it became two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
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The sound of a harpsichord two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
February 13 2008 at 10 58 pm reply.
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.
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.
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.
Quite an amusing statement but no less was to be expected of a man like beecham known for his sharp tongue and one liners.
Sir thomas beecham famously compared the sound they make to two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
And there are two golden rules for an orchestra.
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.
Once he described the sound of the harpsichord as two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
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.
Good reply but i have no answer to that.
The public doesn t give a damn what goes on in between.
A famous english conductor said that the harpsichord sounded like two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.
On another occasion he declared that the british may not like music but they absolutely love the noise.
Harpsichordists are supposed to make love not war.
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