Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer Quotes

“(These younger composers were generally male, but then composers were almost exclusively male. Even the female composers were almost exclusively male.)”
― Wesley Stace, Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer: A Novel

“They change what they do not like,’ said Jessold, referring to the singers. ‘And they do not like what they cannot remember. That accounts for the basic truth of folk-song.”
― Wesley Stace, Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer: A Novel

“too much detail can have a distancing effect”
― Wesley Stace, Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer