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But you have now arrived at an epoch when the more difficult works of the above-named masters, as also of Hummel, Cramer, Dussek, Ries, Steibelt, and the easier ones of Beethoven, are very suitable and proper for you.
In the course of the ensuing year, with the same industry and zeal, you may easily arrive at that degree of advancement, that you will be enabled to study by yourself, and with the best results, the difficult works of the present as well as of past times; such as those of Chopin, Thalberg, Liszt, Field, &c. as also the Concertos of Hummel, Kalkbrenner, and Moscheles; and, lastly, the best compositions of Mozart, Clementi, Beethoven, Cramer, Dussek, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, &c.
In the choice of musical pieces, we should always bear in mind the following points:
1st. That we ought always to proceed from the more easy to the more difficult as to execution.
2ndly. That, as far as possible, we should make ourselves acquainted with the works of all the great composers, and not by any means tie ourselves down to any favorite author.
3rdly. That, by degrees, we should also thoroughly learn the classical and truly valuable works of the earlier composers.
Every distinguished composer requires to
