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Musical Memories

CHAPTER XV
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We had scores copied for actual performances on the stage and portions of orchestral parts of incalculable value.

In addition, we had no aim or preoccupation in elaborating this material other than to reconstitute as closely as possible the thought of the author.
* * * * * Switzerland is a country where artistic productions are not unusual.
Every year we have reports of some grandiose performance in which the people take part themselves.

They come from every direction to help, even from a considerable distance, thanks to the many means of communication in that delightful land.

It is not surprising, therefore, to learn that a theatre has been built in the pretty town of Mezieres, near Lusanne, for the performance of the works of a young poet, named Morax.

These works are dramas with choruses, and the surrounding country furnishes the singers.


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