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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Thanks, Dan. The family of quotations does use "artists", "musicians",
and "men". It's interesting that the German citation presents the
quotation in English. The Hungarian version I added to the QI article
was actually derived from English.

Garson

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 3:22 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Piano Teacher's Professional Handbook - Page 115
> <https://books.google.com/books?id=OVJGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22competitions+are+for+horses%22+bartok&dq=%22competitions+are+for+horses%22+bartok&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2cOG4OjzAhWZZ80KHRjKCukQ6AF6BAgGEAI>
> Gordon B. Terwilliger
> <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS788US788&biw=1600&bih=757&tbs=cdr:1,cd_max:1975&tbm=bks&sxsrf=AOaemvI-A4XP7NYwvrrbhq728KM3zU42WA:1635274451916&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Gordon+B.+Terwilliger%22&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2cOG4OjzAhWZZ80KHRjKCukQ9Ah6BAgGEAU>
> · 1965 ·
> ‎Snippet view
> The very word " competition ” is enough to generate debate among piano
> teachers , for many of them feel , as Bartok once said , “ Competitions are
> for horses , not artists . ”
>
>
> Der Monat: eine internationale Zeitschrift
> <https://books.google.com/books?id=CudUIsUTY_gC&q=%22competitions+are+for+horses%22+bartok&dq=%22competitions+are+for+horses%22+bartok&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2cOG4OjzAhWZZ80KHRjKCukQ6AF6BAgFEAI>
>
> 1962 · ‎Snippet view
> ... von seinem Freund Béla Bartók stammt und auf den uns der Autor im
> letzten Augenblick noch aufmerksam macht : „ Competitions are for horses
> not artists “
>
> DanG
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 3:10 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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