MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn has no gift for construction. He has only a feeling for continuity.
THE BROMPTON ORATORY
The only place in London where one can forget that it is Sunday.
WEBER
Weber's pianoforte pieces remind me of the beautiful glass chandeliers at the Brighton Pavilion.
SHAKESPEARE
When an Englishman has professed his belief in the supremacy of Shakespeare amongst all poets, he feels himself excused from the general study of literature. He also feels himself excused from the particular study of Shakespeare.
ROSSINI'S "STABAT MATER"
The dolorous Mother should be sung by a virgin of Morales, one of the Spanish painter's unhealthy and hardly deiparous creatures, with high, egg-shaped, creamy forehead and well-crimped silken hair.