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238
Hereditary Genius
I was indebted to a literary and artistic friend in whose judgment I
have confidence, for the selection upon which I worked.
The precocity of great musicians is extraordinary. There is no
career in which eminence is achieved so early in life as in that of
music.
I now proceed to give the usual tables.
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF RELATIONSHIPS OF 26 MUSICIANS
GROUPED INTO 14 FAMILIES.
One relation (or two in family).
2.
Gabrielli
N.
Hiller
S.
2.
Haydn
B.
Two or three relations (or three or four in family).
Bononcini
B. S.
Reiser
F. s.
Dussek
F. B. s.
Mendelssohn
G. F. b.
Eichhorn
2 S.
Meyerbeer
2 B.
Four or more relations (or five or more in family).
2.
Amati, Andrea
2 S. B. P.
9.
Bach
G. F. U. GN. 2GB. 3S.
2.
Benda Giorgio
3B. 4N. S.
Mozart
F b. 2S.
Palestrina
4 S.
TABLE II. 14
FAMILIES.
In first degree
5F. 9B. 16S.
In second degree
2 G. 1U. 5N. 1P.
In third degree
2 GB.
All more remote
1.
The nearness of degree of the eminent kinsmen is just as
remarkable as it was in the case of the poets, and equally so in the
absence of eminent relations through the female lines.
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