Edward German Quote

I should like to shake Eric Coates but I won't. When I meet him he says, "I just love every note you have written." and I believe he does—but—as you say—well!

German's exasperation with the perception of fellow composer Coates imitating his own style, in a letter to his sister Rachel (4 January, 1925)

I should like to shake Eric Coates but I won't. When I meet him he says, I just love every note you have written. and I believe he does—but—as...

I should like to shake Eric Coates but I won't. When I meet him he says, I just love every note you have written. and I believe he does—but—as...

I should like to shake Eric Coates but I won't. When I meet him he says, I just love every note you have written. and I believe he does—but—as...

I should like to shake Eric Coates but I won't. When I meet him he says, I just love every note you have written. and I believe he does—but—as...