some of which are given by
Griesinger and Dies; but they are of comparatively little interest.
During the summer of 1794 he moved about the country a good deal. Thus,
about the 26th of August, he paid a visit to Waverley Abbey, whose
"Annales Waverliensis" suggested to Scott the name of his first romance.
The ruined condition of the venerable pile--it dates from 1128--set
Haydn moralizing on the "Protestant heresy" which led the "rascal mob"
to tear down "what had once been a stronghold of his own religion."

Haydn at Bath

In the following month he spent three days in Bath with Dr Burney,
and Rauzzini, the famous tenor, who had retired to the fashionable
watering-place after a successful career of thirteen years as a singer
and teacher in London. Rauzzini is little more than a name now, but for
Haydn's sake it is worth recalling his memory. Born at Rome in 1747,
his striking beauty of face and figure had drawn him into certain
entanglements which made it expedient for him to leave his native land.
He was as fond of animals as Dragonetti was of dolls, and had erected a
memorial tablet in his garden to his "best friend," otherwise his dog.
"Turk was a faithful dog and not a man," ran the inscription, which
reminds one of Schopenhauer's cynical observation that if it were not
for the honest faces of dogs, we should forget the very existence of
sincerity. When Haydn read the inscription he immediately proceeded to
make use of the words for a four-part canon. It was presumably at this
time that he became acquainted with Dr Henry Harington, the musician
and author, who had removed to Bath in 1771, where he had founded the
Harmonic Society. Haydn dedicated one of his songs to him in return for
certain music and verses, which explains the following otherwise cryptic
note of Clementi's, published for the first time recently by Mr J. S.
Shedlock: "The first Dr [Harington] having bestowed much praise on
the second Dr [Haydn], the said second Dr, out of doctorial gratitude,
returns the 1st Dr thanks for all favours recd., and praises in his
turn the said 1st Dr most handsomely." The title of Haydn's song was "Dr
Harington's Compliments."

Opera Concerts

The composer returned to London at the beginning of October for the
winter season's concerts. These began, as before, in February, and were
continued once a week up to the month of May. This time they took the
form of opera concerts, and were given at the "National School of