"Massenet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to Petit Val we had the visit of Auber's protege, a young man called Massenet. One day, in Paris, two months ago, Auber ...
— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone
... that Brahms never wrote an opera; and from programme music, with or without notes; and from Swiss bell-ringers, Vincent D'Indy, the Paris Opera, and Elgar's Salut d'Amour; and from the doctrine that Massenet was a greater composer than Dvorak; and from Italian bands and Schnellpostdoppelschraubendampfer orchestras; and from Raff's Cavatina and all of Tschaikowsky except ten per centum; and from prima donna ...
— A Book of Burlesques • H. L. Mencken |
