Bass Figure

Famous quotes containing the words bass and/or figure:

“How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
—In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“‘But why does your figure appear so lean,”
—Henry Duff Traill (1842–1900)