Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.
We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.