The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me.
Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.
There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.
If she is attractive, I can't perform with her; if she is not, then I won't.
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.