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Excerpt from The Art of Accompanying
A few anecdotes have been allowed to creep into the book, chie?y in this section. Humorous experiences fall to the lot of the accompanist far more frequently than to any other class of musicians, and it seems a pity not to put some of them on record.
It is possible that a considerable portion of this sec ond part will prove anathema to art-lovers and to those who consider chapters on the lighter forms of music to be out of place in an educational treatise. Undoubtedly, it is not customary in an art-manual to deal with art except in its higher manifestations. We needs must love the high est when we see it. But whereas the creative artist can usually choose the type of work he will create, and the executive artist the type of work he will perform, the accompanist has no choice whatever. He must play what is given him to play, and this being so, he must learn to get the utmost possible effect even out of works that as art-products can make no claim to anybody's esteem.
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A few anecdotes have been allowed to creep into the book, chie?y in this section. Humorous experiences fall to the lot of the accompanist far more frequently than to any other class of musicians, and it seems a pity not to put some of them on record.
It is possible that a considerable portion of this sec ond part will prove anathema to art-lovers and to those who consider chapters on the lighter forms of music to be out of place in an educational treatise. Undoubtedly, it is not customary in an art-manual to deal with art except in its higher manifestations. We needs must love the high est when we see it. But whereas the creative artist can usually choose the type of work he will create, and the executive artist the type of work he will perform, the accompanist has no choice whatever. He must play what is given him to play, and this being so, he must learn to get the utmost possible effect even out of works that as art-products can make no claim to anybody's esteem.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Algernon H. Lindo
Hardback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265231838
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm
Page Count - 119
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781330356234
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 121
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