Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name; he has taste, and, furthermore, the m

Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name; he has taste, and, furthermore, the most profound knowledge of composition. Haydn to Leopold, 1785 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haydn_and_Mozart#The_%22Haydn%22_quartets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haydn_and_Mozart#The_%22Haydn%...