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[ "Mozart willingly listened to criticism, even when it was adverse," says Rochlitz (A. M. Z., I., p. 145); "he was susceptible only to blame of one kind, and that was the kind which he most often received—that is, blame for his too fiery imagination and intellect. This sensitiveness was but natural; for if the blame were justifiable, then all that was most original and characteristic in his music was valueless.">[
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[ The anecdote is given by Niemetschek, p. 94; Rochlitz (A. M. Z., I., p. 53); Griesinger (Biogr. Notizen uber J. Haydn, p. 105); Nissen, p. 681, who names Kozeluch.]
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[ Bohemia, 1856, p. 127.]
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[ This remark was communicated to me by Neukomm, who heard it from Haydn.]
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[ A. M. Z., II., p. 516.]