Up to and around about the Second World War, conductors were invariably dictators -- these tyrannical figures who would rehearse, not just the orchestra as a whole, but individuals within it, within an inch of their lives.
Do i oko otprilike II. svjetskog rata, dirigenti su bili uvijek diktatori -- te tiranske figure koje bi vježbale, ne samo orkestar u cjelini, već i pojedince unutar njega, imajući upliv u svaki detalj njihovih života.