“For Mendelssohn, Beethoven was the new point of departure, and a German composer could not afford to ignore him, as Chopin and Verdi were able to do.”
Source: The Romantic Generation (1995), Ch. 10 : Mendelssohn and the Invention of Religious Kitsch
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Source: The Romantic Generation (1995), Ch. 10 : Mendelssohn and the Invention of Religious Kitsch
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pianistmagazine.com https://www.pianistmagazine.com/News-and-Features/161/Exclusive_interview_with_pianist_Valentina_Lisitsa/.

“I ain’t scared of Beethoven or nobody when it comes to composing.”
As quoted on Silvert, Conrad, “Joe Zawinul: Wayfaring Genius–Part II,” Down Beat, Jun. 15, 1978, pp. 20-22

Vol. II, Ch. IV, p. 104.
(Buch II) (1893)
Source: The Romantic Generation (1995), Ch. 7 : Chopin: From the Miniature Genre to the Sublime Style