He stood the same relation to piano music that Handel did to the oratorio, Mozart to the concerto and opera, Beethoven to the symphony and Schubert to the lied.

• 他对钢琴的地位犹如享德尔之对清唱剧，莫扎特之对协奏曲和歌剧，贝多芬之对交响曲，以及舒伯特之对德国民谣。