Musicians' Wit, Humour, and Anecdote (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Musicians' Wit, Humour, and AnecdoteNearly a quarter of a century ago - in the good old days when publishing was a pleasant and profitable pursuit - the late Mr. George Bentley honoured me by issuing from the famous Burlington Street press two bulky volumes of Musical Anecdotes. The work soon ran out of print, despite its prohibitive price. Now, that work has been recast with so many additions that it is almost a new book, and is being published in order, mainly, to meet the requests of many known and unknown friends.No further apology is needed for this more handy volume. Many of the anecdotes are new, many old, some have been in print before, and some have not. They have been on a'its in their time, and are as true as on (tits in general, but the point is this - they are characteristic of the persons of whom they are told, and they furnish a glimpse of the private or lay side of musical personality not often successfully brought out amid the hard and dry facts of biography.It is most meet that I should acknowledge my indebted ness to my friend Mr. J. Philip Donne, who took up the present omnium gatherum, and illustrated it in a con amore spirit that will appeal to all who, haply, are gifted with the artistic temperament.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.