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.

If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.

Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.

Her singing reminds me of a cart coming downhill with the brake on.

The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.

It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes.