Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.
One of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence.
We listen too much to the telephone and we listen too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for-sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive, or quiet and calm... As a matter of fact, one of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence.
We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing.
The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.
