Rossini

Wagner is now a household word among them, where once Rossini was the object of fashionable admiration.

While one paper pointed out Chopin's strongly-marked originality, another advised him to hear Rossini, but not to imitate him.

Rossini's "La Donna del lago," in Italian, is mentioned among the operas about to be performed.

Bellini's music had a particular charm for Chopin, and he was also an admirer of Rossini.

Rossini taught me the purely sensuous rapture music gives; he charmed and enchanted my ear.