Lives of Celebrated Musicians (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lives of Celebrated Musicians I may truly say that I pass my life miserably. For two years I have shunned society, for I cannot go about saying to everybody, I am deaf. Had I fol lowed any other art it might have done, but, in mine, it is an intolerable in¿iction. And then, my enemies, who are not few, what would they say if they knew it? To give you an idea of this incredible deafness, I may tell you that at the theatre I am obliged to get quite close to the orchestrain order to hear the performers. If I am at any distance, I cannot even hear the high sounds of the voices and the instruments. I am sur prised that people have not yet perceived my infirmity but as I was always somewhat abstracted, everything is set down to absence of mind. When a person speaks softly I can scarcely hear him I hear the sounds but not the words. And yet if any one speaks loud I feel it insupportable. What will come of this, God only knows! I am often tempted to curse my own exist ence. Plutarch has taught me resignation. I desire, if possible, to bear my lot with fortitude, but I must look for many moments in my life when I shall be the most wretched of God's creatures. I pray you to speak of this to nobody, not even to Leonora I mention it to you as an inviolable secret. Should I remain in this state I will come to you next spring. You shall hire me a cottage in some pretty spot, and I will turn peasant for six months, which may perhaps do me some good. Resignation - what a miserable remedy! But it is the only one I have. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.