13 AUGUST 1965, Page 12

Mozart and Bach

SIR,—I did not believe, say or suggest that Frederick the Great and Mozart ever met. I only alluded to the instructions given by the King to his Minister in Vienna, to suggest to the young W. A. Mozart that he should study the rather neglected works of J. S. Bach. My object was not to say anything important about Mozart, but something kind about the King. I couldn't think of anything else.

Peterhouse, Cambridge

D. W. BROGAN