Herbert von Karajan

thumb|Herbert von Karajan conducting in 1941 Herbert von Karajan (born Heribert, Ritter von Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. Sourced If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why. On why he preferred conducting the Berlin Philharmonic to the Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan in Brian Moynahan, 'Funeral in Berlin', The Sunday Times, 30 January 1983, quoted in Norman Lebrecht, The Book of Musical Anecdotes. Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low. Die 7 Geheimnisse der Dirigenten-Legende in Bild, 4. April 2008 A New York City taxi driver asked him where to go; Karajan replied "No matter - I am in demand everywhere." Apocryphal; see New York Times Quotes about von Karajan Isaiah Berlin referred to Karajan as "a genius, with a whiff of sulphur about him". La vie même de Herbert von Karajan est un roman: petit aristocrate salzbourgeois devenu enfant prodige; étudiant viennois bûcheur acharné; chef d'orchestre de province pour qui seule compte la musique. The very life of Herbert von Karajan is a novel: minor aristocrat became Salzburg child prodigy; shard-working Viennese wonk; provincial conductor for whom only music matters. Pierre-Jean Rémy: Karajan: La biographie (2007), opening words. Herbert von Karajan always rolled out a magic carpet for us, the singers. With him, our musical work took on another dimension. Jessye Norman, quoted in Hohn Rockwell (1989) "Herbert von Karajan Is Dead; Musical Perfectionist Was 81" in New York Times, July 17, 1989 External links Category:Conductors from Austria Category:People from Salzburg Category:People of Nazi Germany Category:1908 births Category:1989 deaths