Brother musicians : reminiscences of Edward and Walter Bache . 3—he would lie on the floor, perfectly contented ifhis mother were at the piano. From her he in-herited his great gift of Music ; and her delicatetouch and refined musical taste exercised, even inthese baby years, the most powerful influence overhim. At the age of eighteen months he hadalready learnt to ask for the Hallelujah Chorus,and to fetch the volume containing it, and by thetime he was three years old he wanted BeethovensPastoral Symphony, which was for some time hisdaily food. By four years old he was beginning1—2 F. EDWARD
Brother musicians : reminiscences of Edward and Walter Bache . 3—he would lie on the floor, perfectly contented ifhis mother were at the piano. From her he in-herited his great gift of Music ; and her delicatetouch and refined musical taste exercised, even inthese baby years, the most powerful influence overhim. At the age of eighteen months he hadalready learnt to ask for the Hallelujah Chorus,and to fetch the volume containing it, and by thetime he was three years old he wanted BeethovensPastoral Symphony, which was for some time hisdaily food. By four years old he was beginning1—2 F. EDWARD BACHE [1849 to practise the piano ; but he long objected to dis-cords, which, like wine, are an acquired taste. Atseven he heard his first Oratorio, Israel in Egypt,with an emotion which he could hardly control. At an early date, some time before he studiedunder Mr. Bennett1 (of which more shortly), butafter the hearing of Elijah, he wrote, as anexercise for his master, Mr. Stimpson2 of Birming-ham, an Organ Fugue the subject of which was asfollows :—. ?**#***** ziizjzd =t=H— g Q ±±±£a£jfcat igp ^iz]:_j—1—!___p—I
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