Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Munch

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French musician Charles Munch.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Charles Munch was an Alsatian French symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he was best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

French - Musician | September 26, 1891 - November 6, 1968

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Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious.

Charles Munch

The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles.

Charles Munch

The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing.

Charles Munch

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Munch

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