"Music is above words; it begins where words no longer
suffice, therefore it would be futile to attempt to bring music closer to
listeners by means of explanation"
- Rheinberger, 1890
"[Rheinberger is an] ideal teacher of composition, one
whose equal is not to be found inside or outside of Germany."
- Hans von Bulow
"His guiding precept was always naturalness in music,
reflected in his voice leadings, his feeling for form and his means of
expression."
- Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1940
