The Progenitors of Celebrated Musicians.
Ii is a remarkable physiological fact That. with regard to the progenitors of the most celebrated musicians, the father?- have almost invariably been ninnected with the profession in only some humble way. We have it on record that Mozart’s father was an insignificant player of the violin; Beethoven was the son of an obscure tenor singer: Haydn's father a harpist, of no reputation: Rossini’s father merely a hon: blower with a strolling company. It would seem from these facts as if only very moderate ability were required for the production of the highest musical genius in another generation.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue XXI, 25 May 1901, Page 965
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103The Progenitors of Celebrated Musicians. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue XXI, 25 May 1901, Page 965
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