[Ads-l] Quotation inquiry: Competitions are for horses, not for musicians

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Dan Goncharoff  wrote:
> I see many attributions in the early 60s that refer to artists instead of
> musicians.

Thanks for your response, Dan. Would you be willing to give some
examples with the precise phrasing and the database?
Garson

> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:55 AM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The saying in the subject line has been attributed to Hungarian
> > composer Béla Bartók. I received a request to find a solid citation,
> > but I have not succeeded, and your help is requested.
> >
> > The Quote Investigator article has a citation in English from "The New
> > York Times" dated September 5, 1958, but Bartók died in 1945. Here is
> > a link to the QI article:
> >
> > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/25/competition/
> >
> > A citation in Hungarian or English before 1958 would be helpful, and a
> > citation directly from the mouth of Bartók would be fantastic.
> >
> > A Hungarian musicologist might know more. Perhaps you can relay this
> > inquiry?
> >
> > In 1969 Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti published "Szigeti on the
> > Violin". He attributed the saying to Bartók, and he suggested that the
> > Hungarian word “verseny” was part of the expression.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Garson O'Toole
> > QuoteInvestigator.com
> >
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