A Conversation on Music #266812

Madame von - honors me with a visit at my villa in Peterhof; after the usual salutations she expresses a wish to inspect my home surroundings; in the music-room she notices the busts of J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Glinka on the walls, and, greatly surprised, asks:<br><br>- Why only these and not also Händel, Haydn, Mozart and others?<br><br>- These are the ones whom I most revere in my art.<br><br>- Then you do not revere Mozart?<br><br>- Himalaya and Chimborazo are the highest peaks of the earth; that does not imply, however, that Mt. Blanc is a little mountain.