If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.
Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.
In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.