A VERDI ANECDOTE.
A oha'raoferistic anecdote of Verdi is related 111 tfio "Centurv Opera Weoki.v" by an Antonio Pim-CorM. _ • ' I hiid 'liccoiiio a temporary victim .of ill? delusion that I was :n. composer as wo'U as .a singer, Several of liiy little pieces, had born published and played with sonio .succors.,and: 1 proudly im-. aginod mvse.lf a /'eimis, T/Ookinglinck at tb.om now, 1 JiaVfi to. laugh at. their empty silliness; Hut then I thought, them great. 1 took them to Verdi and showed them to him. . 110 played, them, with a qui'/.zieal sinilo hovering over his face.,., while I stood and waited for lus wo.rdk of praise; if ho. hadtold me. that tlioy ivero moro balder-! dash, I 'would ,proliablv iiot. ltave. lielie ved him; But" Verdi said nothing: cither for or asaiivst my: 1 compositions.. Ho: only turned to me. * with a kindly look in liis eyes and said.gently: "Now. carissimo, keen to your own profession. Don't steal tlvo laurels of this poor composer-friend of yours." V'-;"
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1908, 17 November 1913, Page 9
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168A VERDI ANECDOTE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1908, 17 November 1913, Page 9
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