t strike a bargain with you for that city
immediately."

Haydn was dazed with the suddenness of the proposition, but the old ties
were broken up, and his grief needed recreation and change. Still, he
had many beloved friends, whose society it was hard to leave. Chief
among these was Mozart. "Oh, papa," said Mozart, "you have had no
training for the wide world, and you speak so few languages." "Oh, my
language is understood all over the world," said Papa Haydn, with a
smile. When he departed for England, December 15, 1790, Mozart could
with difficulty tear himself away, and said, with pathetic tears, "We
shall doubtless now take our last farewell."

Haydn and Mozart were perfectly in accord, and each thought and did well
toward the other. Mozart, we know, was born when Haydn had just reached
manhood, so that when Mozart became old enough to study composition
the earlier works of Haydn's chamber music had been written; and these
undoubtedly formed the studies of the boy Mozart, and greatly influenced
his style; so that Haydn was the model and, in a sense, the instructor
of Mozart. Strange is it then to find, in after-years, the master
borrowing (perhaps with interest!) from the pupil. Such, however, was
the fact, as every amateur knows. At this we can hardly wonder, for
Haydn possessed unbounded admiration not only for Mozart, but also for
his music, which the following shows. Being asked by a friend at Prague
to send him an opera, he replied:

"With all my heart, if you desire to have it for yourself alone, but if
you wish to perform it in public, I must be excused; for, being written
specially for my company at the Esterhazy Palace, it would not produce
the proper effect elsewhere. I would do a new score for your theatre;
but what a hazardous step it would be to stand in comparison with
Mozart! Oh, Mozart! If I could instill into the soul of every lover of
music the admiration I have for his matchless works, all countries would
seek to be possessed of so great a treasure. Let Prague keep him, ah!
and well reward him, for without that the history of geniuses is bad;
alas! we see so many noble minds crushed beneath adversity. Mozart is
incomparable, and I am annoyed that he is unable to obtain any court
appointment. Forgive me if I get excited when speaking of him, I am so
fond of him."

Mozart's admiration for Haydn's music, too, was very marked. He and
Herr Kozeluch were one day listening to a composition of Haydn's