Gramophone founder Compton Mackenzie found the title `` harmless '' , remarking that `` it is silly for austere critics to work themselves up into a state of almost hysterical rage with poor Rellstab '' , and adding , `` what these austere critics fail to grasp is that unless the general public had responded to the suggestion of moonlight in this music Rellstab 's remark would long ago have been forgotten . ''
Gramophone founder Compton Mackenzie found the title `` harmless '' , saying that `` it is silly for austure critics to work themselves up into a state of almost hysterical rage with poor Rellstab '' , and adding , `` what these austere critics fail to grasp is that unless the general public had responded to the suggestion of moonlight in this music Rellstab 's remark would long ago have been forgotten . ''