Someone was told n delightful story about Paderewski He was asked to play in the house of an important American. A negro was engaged to sing, and by some mistake his accompanist did not turn up. Paderewski quietly went to the piano and acted as the singer’s accompanist. When the negro spoke of the incident afterwards there were tears in his eyes. Paderewski, he said, had not only honoured him, but his race as well. That was what pleased him most: “Such an honour to a man of my race.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21538, 9 January 1932, Page 13
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