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This drawback, added to those which the musical temperament naturally brings, often turns him against his very art and so robs him of his last solace.
Why should these things be ? The reasons are manifold; and the musician himself is not wholly without blame.
In the first place, music is a convenient pretext for street begging. The mendicant class has twanged and scraped and blatted so diligently on our curbs that people have come, thoughtlessly enough, to associate the sight of instruments on ...the streets with an outstretched cap. It follows that the musician is made to feel almost a sense of disgrace in carrying a violin-box along Fifth Avenue, and the hotel porter looks as askance at a 'cello-bag as he would at a carpet-bag.
It was a sad day for me when I came to learn this grievous truth. In graduating from the inconspicuous flute to the dignity of car- rying a 'cello, not a little of my joy and [ 169] THE MUSICAL AMATEUR pride was in the apparency of the new instru- ment. I conceived the music-loving public as a vast democracy that adored Bach and Beethoven and looked with mingled respect and gratitude upon those who could make these masters live again.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This drawback, added to those which the musical temperament naturally brings, often turns him against his very art and so robs him of his last solace.
Why should these things be ? The reasons are manifold; and the musician himself is not wholly without blame.
In the first place, music is a convenient pretext for street begging. The mendicant class has twanged and scraped and blatted so diligently on our curbs that people have come, thoughtlessly enough, to associate the sight of instruments on ...the streets with an outstretched cap. It follows that the musician is made to feel almost a sense of disgrace in carrying a violin-box along Fifth Avenue, and the hotel porter looks as askance at a 'cello-bag as he would at a carpet-bag.
It was a sad day for me when I came to learn this grievous truth. In graduating from the inconspicuous flute to the dignity of car- rying a 'cello, not a little of my joy and [ 169] THE MUSICAL AMATEUR pride was in the apparency of the new instru- ment. I conceived the music-loving public as a vast democracy that adored Bach and Beethoven and looked with mingled respect and gratitude upon those who could make these masters live again.
What to read after The Musical Amateur a book On the Human Side of Music?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964, Ed to read onlineMoreLess
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