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"But set a genius  a real genius  in the midst of this crowd; and you instantly perceive something almost incredible. It is as if this genius, in his lightning transmigration, had entered into these mechanical, lifeless bodies, and as if only one demoniacal eye gleamed forth out of them all. Now look and listen  you can never listen enough! BUT SET A GENIUS A REAL GENIUS IN THE MIDST OF THIS CROWD AND YOU INSTANTLY PERCEIVE SOMETHING ALMOST INCREDIBLE IT IS AS IF THIS GENIUS IN HIS LIGHTNING TRANSMIGRATION HAD ENTERED INTO THESE MECHANICAL LIFELESS BODIES AND AS IF ONLY ONE DEMONACAL EYE GLEAMED FORTH OUT OF ALL OF THEM NOW LOOK AND LISTEN YOU CAN NEVER LISTEN ENOUGH
 dreamed of the existence of sound or music, and that you were looking upon the orchestra as a company of actors, and trying to enjoy their performance as a drama and nothing more. Undisturbed by the idealising effect of the sound, you could never see enough of the stern, medieval, wood-cutting movement of this comical spectacle, this harmonious parody on the _homo sapiens_. "Now, on the other hand, assume that your musical sense has returned, and that your ears are opened. Look at the honest conductor at the head of the orchestra performing his duties in a dull, spiritless fashion: you no longer think of the comical aspect of the whole scene, you listen--but it seems to you that the spirit of tediousness spreads out from the honest conductor over all his companions. Now you see only torpidity and flabbiness, you hear only the trivial, the rhythmically inaccurate, and the melodiously trite. You see the orchestra only as an indifferent, ill-humoured, and even wearisome crowd of players. YOU WERE DEAF AND YOU HAD NEVER DREAMED OF THE EXISTENCE OF SOUND OR MUSIC AND THAT YOU WERE LOOKING UPON THE ORCHESTRA AS A COMPANY OF ACTORS AND TRYING TO ENJOY THEIR PERFORMANCE AS A DRAMA NOTHING MORE UNDISTURBED BY THE IDEALIZING EFFECT OF THE SOUND YOU COULD NEVER SEE ENOUGH OF THE STERN MEDIAEVAL WOODCUTTING MOVEMENT OF THIS COMICAL SPECTACLE THIS HARMONIOUS PARODY ON THE HOMO SAPIENS NOW ON THE OTHER HAND ASSUME THAT YOUR MUSICAL SENSE HAS RETURNED AND THAT YOUR EARS ARE OPENED LOOK AT THE HONEST CONDUCTOR AT THE HEAD OF THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMING HIS DUTIES IN A DULL SPIRITLESS FASHION YOU NO LONGER THINK OF THE COMICAL ASPECT OF THE WHOLE SCENE YOU LISTEN BUT IT SEEMS TO YOU THAT THE SPIRIT OF TEDIOUSNESS SPREADS OUT FROM THE HONEST CONDUCTOR OVER ALL HIS COMPANIONS NOW YOU SEE ONLY TORPIDITY AND FLABBINESS YOU HEAR ONLY THE TRIVIAL THE RHYTHMICALLY INACCURATE AND THE MELODIOUSLY TRITE YOU SEE THE ORCHESTRA ONLY AS AN INDIFFERENT ILL HUMOURED AND EVEN WEARISOME CROWD OF PLAYERS
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