Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Harold C. Schonberg

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Harold Charles Schonberg was an American music critic and author. He is best known for his contributions in The New York Times, where he was chief music critic from 1960 to 1980. In 1971, he became the first music critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. An influential critic, he is particularly well known for his encouragement of Romantic piano music and criticism of conductor Leonard Bernstein. He also wrote a number of books on music, and one on chess.

American - Critic | November 29, 1915 - July 26, 2003

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Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.

Harold C. Schonberg

Anybody who gets away with something will come back to get away with a little bit more.

Harold C. Schonberg

By and large, musicians respect New York audiences, and also are greatly concerned about New York reviews.

Harold C. Schonberg

There is a love-hate relationship between New York and the rest of the country, but New York is unarguably the city that sets the standards, the city in which all who have anything to do with the arts dream of working and succeeding.

Harold C. Schonberg

When Callas carried a grudge, she planted it, nursed it, fostered it, watered it and watched it grow to sequoia size.

Harold C. Schonberg