Note 123 — Chapter X

We recommend especially the refreshing essay by Philip Hale in Famous Composers and Their Works; the chapter on Mozart in Beethoven and His Forerunners by D.G. Mason; and, as throwing light on aspects of his personality which are little known, "Mozart Revealed in his Own Words" by Kerst-Krehbiel (see especially the chapter on Mozart's religious nature, p. 142 and passim); the fascinating Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, a personal friend of the composer; and, above all, the monumental life of Mozart, unhappily as yet incomplete, by Wyzewa and St. Foix. The third chapter of Vol. II of The Art of Music is also well worth reading; and in Mozart's Operas, a Critical Study by E.J. Dent are found valuable comments on his dramatic style, so prominent a feature in many of his instrumental works.