Note 295 — Chapter II · THE ARTIST IN THEORY
Reading edition
Mr. Dannreuther, in his article on Wagner in Grove's Dictionary of Music (v. 391), thinks that the young enthusiast for Beethoven perceived the weakness of Bellini's music clearly enough, yet the impression Mme. Devrient made upon him was powerful and artistic. The first statement hardly squares with all the facts as we now know them.