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de Enrique Cantan repican y
54 Refrains of any kind are exceptional in the romances , but in this instance a double refrain is artistically used:— Y los de Enrique Cantan, repican y gritan: ¡Viva Enrique!
— from Chapters on Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

disconcerting ease composing rapidly yet
Never at a loss for an idea, invariably correct and often imaginative, going from a piano concerto to an opera, and from a cantata to a symphonic poem with disconcerting ease, composing rapidly, yet never exhibiting any trace of slovenly workmanship, finding time in the meanwhile to distinguish himself as organist and pianist, and to wield the pen of the critic, the astonishing capabilities of this wonderfully gifted musician may be put down as absolutely unique.
— from Masters of French Music by Arthur Hervey


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