The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.
Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance.
There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.