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Thus art-philosophy, art criticism, lives on in a turbid environment, and no 

 one knows whether this is a fermentative process preceding a new development, 

 or a process of decomposition. 



One of the greatest musical personalities of the past century, Anton 

 Rubinstein, as he contemplated the past and the possible future 

 of his beloved art, wrote :^ 



I feel that I shall not live long enough now to enjoy the coming Bach or 

 Beethoven — and that is sorrowful to me. My only solace is that I may still have 

 the same enthusiasm for an organ Prelude or Fugue of a Bach that was; for a 

 Sonata, a String Quartet, or a Symphony of a Beethoven that was; for a Song 

 or Impromptu or Moment Musicale of a Schubert that was; for a Prelude or 

 Nocturne or Polonaise or Mazurka of a Chopin that was; for a national Opera of 

 the Glinka that was — today as ever. 



' A Conversation on Music 



