Hermann Laroche

Hermann Laroche (May 25 1845 – October 18 1904) was a Russian banker, critic of classical music and composer who was renowned throughout Moscow

Quotes

 * No style can have absolute significance in art theory; each one is rooted in its own time and locality and bound by conditions above which it is incapable of elevating itself no matter how great the content it carries.
 * Quoted in Vladimir Barsky, Chromaticism (1996, ISBN 371865704X )