THE PUBLIC AND MUSIC
VIOLINIST TESTS TASTE
poor return for street ! [ play ■■■...: CHICAGO, 7th. May. Jacques Gordon Prince, the. violin.' ist, hid behind the tatters and smoka glasses of a blind pauper on a Chicago street corner, and with his cultured bow wheedled oxactly one pound three shillings and three pence from his casual, unsuspecting audience. The famous violinist undertook his beggar's role to decide a dispute as to whether the public appreciated music for itself or was attracted by the magnetism of society audiences and the fame of tha artists. ' -
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 9
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91THE PUBLIC AND MUSIC Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 9
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