An Interesting Point of View From a Correspondent.
London, Oct. 92.
"Snobbery in Music" was the title selected for a lecture delivered recently by Mr. Appleby Matthews, Director and Conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra, It is interesting as reflecting the views of the guider of opinion in one of the great modern cities. Here are the chief points A snob may be defined as an ignorant person who endeavours to hide his shallowness by hypocritical pretensions.
We all know the person self-styled "musical" who talks in airy generalities about the "'classies." He clings to what he conceives to be orthodoxy and accepts all the great men had to say without criticism, and condemns everything "common" unheard.
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