George Frideric Handel Quote

You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can beat time to, something that hits them straight on the drum of the ear.


Richard Alexander Streatfeild Handel (2005) p. 195, citing Anton Schmid Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1854) p. 29


You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can...

You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can...

You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can...

You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can...