38

BECKONED SILENTLY TO THE REST TO FOLLOW HIM 41

HE CALLED TO THE COACHMAN TO STOP 44

THE DUKE PRAISED HIS PERFORMANCE 46

A RESORT TO SWORDS 55

A GRAND PROCESSION OF DECORATED BARGES FROM WHITEHALL
TO LIMEHOUSE 63

THE STROKES OF HIS HAMMER ON THE ANVIL KEPT TIME TO
HIS SONG 66

'DID NOT YOU SAY YOU COULD SING AT SIGHT?' 'YES, SIR,
BUT NOT AT FIRST SIGHT!' 76

HE WAS IMITATING THE PLAYING OF A VIOLIN 94

ST. STEPHEN'S CATHEDRAL, VIENNA 101

HE MANAGED TO SAVE SUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE TWO VOLUMES 104

THE TANTALISING PIGTAIL 109

'WHOSE MUSIC IS THAT WHICH YOU WERE PLAYING JUST NOW?' 117

HAYDN ENJOYED HIS FIRST SIGHT OF THE WAVES 133

LISSON GROVE A CENTURY AGO 135

HAYDN'S EYES FILLED WITH TEARS 145

HE PAID NO HEED TO THE ENTRY OF A SERVANT 152

THEY REMAINED STANDING, ROOTED TO THE SPOT 160

PLAYED BEFORE THE COURT AT VERSAILLES 164

CHELSEA AT THAT TIME WAS A RIVERSIDE VILLAGE 167

THE CARRIAGE WHICH WAS TO CONVEY THE TRAVELLERS DREW
UP AT THE DOOR 188

'THERE IS THE DOOR!' 199

'NOW THEN, LUDWIG, TIME FOR PRACTICE!' 220

'PAY ATTENTION TO THIS YOUNG MAN, FOR HE WILL MAKE A
NOISE IN THE WORLD SOME DAY' 228

SEATED BEFORE AN OLD, WORN-OUT PIANO 230

HAYDN PRAISED THE COMPOSITION HIGHLY 233

TAKING HIS HAND, TURNED HIM ROUND TO THE AUDIENCE 255

THEY INDULGED IN JOKES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
SPECTACLED BOY 273

HIS CLEVER PLAYING ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE
LEADER 275

MANY EVENINGS WERE PASSED IN MUSICAL ENJOYMENT 282

THEY FOUND SCHUBERT HARD AT WORK 291

SCHUBERT FLED FROM THE ROOM