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The story of the violin, 1904
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1Story of the Violin
3from him, but fortunately his talent was sufficiently strong and original not to go under, in the greater individuality of his ideal. While in his "Carnival de Venice," etc., he strikes the key-note of the Paganini imitator, his Elegy and many other compositions speak a language quite Ernst's own. Some of his melodies, indeed, are like flowers set in daintiest china vases;
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7FIG. 39.—FACSIMILE OF A MANUSCRIPT BY ERNST.
8(At the Imperial Library in Berlin.)
10flowers with the perfume and the colours of the Orient. Ernst's art and playing was, if I may say so, Paganini's art spiritualised, its echo with a ring of sadness. A great artist and pathetic figure, H. W. Ernst will go down to posterity (Fig. 39). He never held a position or stayed anywhere long, but, like the gipsies of his native land, went about, with his soul on fire, playing
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