Stephan Reichmann

"More awkward and more narrow-minded not occurred to me when Rellstab wrote about my Kinderszenen. He probably thinks I imagine a crying child and seeking the music afterwards. Conversely, it is - the headings of course came later and are actually nothing but subtle cues for speech and opinion."

quoted from:
Otto von Irmer, Preface to the edition in Henle Verlag, Munich-Duisburg (Germany) 1953, p.4