John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music… (1880)
“ This musician was piqued at being left out of' the professional concerts, and hearing that Haydn had been engaged by Lord Abingdon, and that he was disappointed by the termination of his lord-ship's management, Salomon brought Haydn to London. It is to this circumstance that the world probably owes those symphonies which are among the finest monuments of instrumental art. ”
