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The song and the singer; a setting forth, in words, of certain movements in a latter-day life: prelude-allegro; andante con moto; scherzo; presto con brio-coda, 1902
26 lines. Read by computer on 19 September 2026. Printed page 64. See the scan on archive.org.
1She turned to His Haughtiness and beckoned imperiously.
3"What did you do with the score?" she asked in Italian.
5He answered in the same tongue, indicating the exact spot where he had laid the important parcel.
7"You must be mistaken!" she cried. "It would be there or on the desks. Think, Giuseppe—where did you put it?"
9One of the second violins at the last desk stood up to say that he saw the gentleman put the parcel down.
11"I haf give all der parts out," protested the librarian.
13The conductor again overhauled the books on his desk, and the men in the band did likewise.
15An angry frown came upon Guarda's handsome face. She stamped her foot and turned impatiently to the first violin.
17"What a nuisance!" she exclaimed.
19The first violin shrugged his shoulders and rested his instrument negligently against his knee. What was an aira more or less to him?
21"Ach, Gott!" said the third bassoon, settling back in his chair. There was no aria among the parts that had been laid on his desk.
23For once the conductor looked helpless. Perspiration was rolling down the cheeks of the perplexed librarian.
25Biddle, his features twisted by anxiety, went hastily to the front.
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