An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.
The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi.
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.