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Voice and violin : sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences, 1898
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1PREFACE
3The chief objects of the present little work are to amuse and instruct. It is a collection of episodes and personal reminiscences for which I had not space in my "Famous Violinists and Fine Violins." In addition to what has been given in that work, I have recorded here a few details connected with my own career as a violinist, because I believe that it will tend to facilitate the labours of those whose livelihood depends upon their music, and of all amateurs who desire to rise to the rank of artists.
5In the present day, for the sake of novelty, there are many vain attempts to wander from the romantic and poetic sides of the musical art, and to sacrifice this art to what is termed the science of music—to write what pleases the eye and conforms to theory, rather than what pleases the ear and touches the feelings. In other words, there is considerable negligence of melody and cantabile (with its fine phrasing and graceful ornaments), and the production of much noise and cacophonia, which can never prove practically acceptable to
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