On May 7, 2007, at 2:36 AM, Randolph Peters wrote:
The conductor of the new piece, who later became a friend in spite of my music, just laughed at me. I'll never forget how he pointed to one of my instructions and asked me what in the world I thought the conductor was for -- didn't I think he could do his job?
When Stravinsky put a "non crescendo" marking in _The Firebird_, the conductor turned to him and said, "Young man, if you don't want a crescendo then don't write anything."
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