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Scan 187
The Master's Violin, 1905
12 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1"You," said the Master,—"you have studied composition?"
2"Only a little."
3"You feel no gift in that line?"
4"No, not at all."
5"It is only to play?"
6"Yes, for the present."
7"Then," said the Master, changing the position of the bridge on the violin in his hand, "if you have no talents for composition, why do you not let the composer of your concerto have his own way? You should not correct him—it is most impolite."
8"What—what do you mean?" stammered Lynn.
9"Nothing," said the Master, "only, if you have no gifts, you should play G sharp where it is written, instead of G natural. It is not what one might call an improvement in the concerto."
10Lynn flushed, and began to play the movement over again, but before he reached the bar in question he had forgotten. When he came to it he played G natural again, and instantly perceived his mistake.
11The Master laughed. "Genius," he said, "must have its own way. It is not to be
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