Haydon the artist wrote a long letter to The Examiner (March 17, 1816) on the subject, entitled βOn the Judgment of Connoisseurs being preferred to that of Professional Men, Elgin Marbles, etc.β 144 .
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt
Such feats as this bespeak a mastery of the technique of pure music even more remarkable, and far more important, than his so much talked of skill as a performer on the piano, organ, and violin.
— from Beethoven and His Forerunners by Daniel Gregory Mason
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