A Leicester manufacturer named Gardiner-he wrote a book on The Music of Nature, and other works-sent him half a dozen pairs of cotton stockings, into which were woven the notes of the Austrian Hymn, "My mother bids me bind my hair," the Andante from the "Surprise" Symphony, and other thematic material.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden
Peter had not half finished his thematic treatment of Leonore when he reached his quarters.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
His violin concertos stand foremost among his works, and are distinguished as much by noble and elevated ideas as by masterly thematic treatment, yet there is a certain monotony of treatment in all, and his style and manner are entirely his own.
"Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday"
Henry C. Lahee