on 6/1/05 2:06 PM US/Central, David S Sager at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I am attempting to learn the exact quatation from Sir Thomas Beecham that
> stated a piece of music could be considered a classic when an organ grinder
> would be found playing it years after the composer was dead.
"If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve
immortality."
http://en.thinkexist.com/keyword/organ_grinder/
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