He most affected Charles Lamb and Laurence Sterne; he also loved the Bible for its canorous prose, and on hot afternoons as the boys lolled about his room, he thundered forth bits of Job and the Psalms.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
And they bleated a most canorous Amen.
"The Altar Steps"
Compton MacKenzie
Astounding, canorous, enchanting, alembicated and dramatic, the Chopin studies are exemplary essays in emotion and manner.
"Chopin: The Man and His Music"
James Huneker