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Voice and violin, 1898
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1A bad-tempered person will rarely be a good musician; so much depends on the mind of the performer (and the same applies equally well to composers). The greatest artists I have ever known were all persons of considerable mental culture, fond of poetry, history, and often of natural history. They were so good-natured that many have suffered from extravagant generosity. My father used to speak of Malibran as one of the most good-natured young women he ever knew, and though she might well be proud of her accomplishments, she was quite devoid of anything approaching to ostentation. She was one of the few great singers in whom jealousy of the success of others could never be detected.
3However, I have not taken up my pen to write a didactic treatise upon the study of music, but simply to produce a few pages in which I shall endeavour to combine amusement and instruction for musicians in particular, and for the public in general. In doing so I have experienced the pleasure of recalling to my mind the events of many happy years, during which musical notes and memoranda have accumulated around me. Some of these I now place before my readers, with the conviction that they also will derive pleasure in perusing them, trusting that the present work may form an acceptable companion-volume to my "Famous Violinists," published a short time ago.
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