John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music… (1880)
“ To make a harpsichord or piano-forte sing is, indeed, not easily accomplished, as the ear must be tired by too thin a harmony, or stunned by too full and noisy an accompaniment. In his opinion, music ought to touch the heart ; and he never found that this could be effected by running, rattling drumming, or arpeggios. If Haydn ever looked up to any great master as a model, it seems to have been Emmanuel Bach. The bold modulations, rests, pauses, free use of semitones, at d unexpected flights of Haydn, remind us frequently of Emmanuel Bach's early works, more than of any other composer. ”
