Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

HENSELT 22;
startled me by walking in and saying, 'You are a
little out of step, my child, and must come to me to-
morrow.' I had been working at one of Moscheles'
most difficult studies on the shake.
This winter I made an entry after every lesson of
what I had played, .and every siagle observation of
Henselt's, whether favourable to me or not, stands
recorded there.
He still insisted on my playing much of Cramer, for
he held that to anyone who can play Cramer really
well, everything else comes easy.
In February of this year I studied Mendelssohn's
First Concerto with him, and had the great enjoyment
of playing it three times on his grand Becker, he
playing the second piano. His lessons on this com-
position were highly instructive, and I have noted
down all that he said. He then told me to study
Hummel's grand Concerto in B Minor, and before
I had had a lesson in it he went off to Moscow for
ten or twelve days. On his return I went round at
once to ask when he would give me an hour; and
I may mention as one of Henselt's characteristic
traits, that although he never received a visit, yet
when there was work in question he was always
accessible, even if only for a moment, and would
come out into his ante-room, notebook in hand, and
saying without any preamble, ' Well, what do you
want?' would at once settle to give the hour, note
it in his book, and dismiss you without losing any
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