...in:WestmÍDSter Abbey, of the Messiah, was nearly overpowered by its sublime strains, and wept like a child. I am inclined to say, with what sublimity of language,...he said, " I would uncover my head, and kneel down on his tomb !" H. and I tried repeatedly, to turn the conversation to Mozart, but without effect ;...

...the greatest Composer that ever lived. " I cannot," says a writer quoted in the Life of BEETHOVEN, " describe to you with what pathos, and I am inclined...he said : ' I would uncover my head, and kneel down on his tomb.'" And at another time, you will remember he said of him : " Handel is the unequalled master...

...him assert very distinctly in German—" Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived." I cannot describe to you with what pathos and, I am inclined...he said, " I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb ! " f Wegeler and Ries, in their " Notizen," give also the brief memorandum : " Beethoven...

...him assert very distinctly, in German, "Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived."1 I cannot describe to you with what pathos, and I am inclined...he said, "I would uncover my head, and kneel down on his tomb!" H. and I tried repeatedly, to turn the conversation to iMozart expressed himseif in a...

...heard him assert very distinctly, in German, 'Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived.'. . . Every one of us was moved when he said, 'I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb!' - H. and I repeatedly tried to turn the conversation to Mozart, but without effect; I...

...dinner in 1823, that Handel was 'the greatest composer that ever lived'. Schult2 continues: 'I cannot describe to you with what pathos, and I am inclined...language, he spoke of the Messiah of this immortal genius. Everyone Häring, Johann Baptist von 149 of us was moved when he said, *I would uncover my head, and...