| Show af 4 X AytA jy 10 1 ta y A 4 world slow to reward men of musical genius musical composition Is one of the very worst paid jobs in the world un less the composer happens to hit the popular fancy of his own time which only a few coal composers com have managed to do consequently most of the corn com posers have d ne so something methin g else for a living though generally smi ething connected with music J S bach was a church organist handel was an or danist and conductor mozart was in his day a famous pianist as were also mendelssohn and Br brahms abins was a great violinist gounod and franck organists robert schumann was only prevented ted from making his living as a pianist by an accident to his hand caused by his enthusiasm to obtain a perfect technique while beethoven Deet hoven and schubert lived all their lives in comparative poverty because of their innate perversity and their lack of practicability in those matters which would have brought them a competency opera composers more frequently made a trade of composition but even these have often been or ch cb estral players or a or have made a living by teaching and writing about music |
