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Why are Home people always, theatre or concert, in it ready to assume that the ordinary church or a great cathedral, man is Incapable of understandinging can destroy ita benuty. or enjoying good muste? To my mind, this attitude is not only an It is only when musicians con- Insult to the intelligence of the man descendingly "play down" to what in the street: It la definitely mis-they are pleased to consider the taken and misleading.

The truth of the matter is that certain self-styled amsical people like in belleve that no one hut them arlves can really appreciate music They sniff at the plain man's wire Jess, abeer at his gramophone and laugh at the very Idea of his find ing ans enjoyment at a recital or symphony concert.

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formed by amateur and professional alike that people grow familiar with them. And the vast majority of listeners naturally derive the moxt enjoyment from hearing music they have learned to know and love. In addition, many popu village

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What are the most popular tunes any. Liszt's "Lichestraum," remarks novice's raptarous appresintion of, in the world? Some of the best contemptuously, "Oh, that hackney and noblest things in music, such fed stuff. I thought the Debussy Rs Handel's "Larga," the Monthe only thing worth hearing," is To me auch people seem like the light Sonata, the more familiar belag unnecessarily scathing. For priests of alden days who held waltzes and nocturnes of Chopin, without Liszt there would probably Church services in Latin beentise and the romantic Liszt "Licbirst-ever have been a Debussy, Liszt They Imagined in their arrogance rum, No. 3." There is nul mitching the pioneer of the atmos- that in any ease the ordinary man wrong with a popular taste which orient in music, and also of the and woman would not understand demands such gems of melody as modern technique of pianoforte what the service was about. Yet the c. nowadays our greatest prenchers | Yet so-called highbrows are apt

composition. consider it a privilege to visit the to turn up their noses at these tune look

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