High On Fire - Devilution

At that time, Beethoven did not have a relationship with Zelter, although later they became, as Beethoven himself wrote, “art fellows” and held great respect for each other. Zelter, like Beethoven, loved Bach and Handel, and in addition was a close friend of Goethe (they communicated on "you"). But at first Zelter did not like Beethoven's music at first, and he himself probably seemed an arrogant upstart with bad manners. Many years passed before Zelter recognized Beethoven's genius and inspired his admiration for it to his beloved student - young Felix Mendelssohn.