ment for a single instrument. The freedom in control of both
pedals possessed by each player secures a greater richness and
sonority of tone and it is much easier to make prominent voices
stand out in relief.]
Haydn’s position in the development of music is of the first
importance. Whatever his works may “mean,” they contain a
rhythmic vitality which will keep them alive for ever, and their
“child-like cheerfulness and drollery” will charm away care and
sorrow as long as the world shall last.