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One thing I have enjoyed at Munich very much, and that has been the music. The German band that you hear in the square in London while you are trying to compose an essay on the civilising influence of music, is not the sort of band that you hear in Germany. The German bands that come to London are bands that have fled from Germany, in order to save their lives. In Germany, these bands would be slaughtered at the public expense and their bodies given to the poor for sausages. The bands that the Germans keep for themselves are magnificent bands. ONE THING I HAVE ENJOYED AT MUNICH VERY MUCH AND THAT HAS BEEN THE MUSIC THE GERMAN BAND THAT YOU HEAR IN THE SQUARE IN LONDON WHILE YOU ARE TRYING TO COMPOSE AN ESSAY ON THE CIVILISING INFLUENCE OF MUSIC IS NOT THE SORT OF BAND THAT YOU HEAR IN GERMANY THE GERMAN BANDS THAT COME TO LONDON ARE BANDS THAT HAVE FLED FROM GERMANY IN ORDER TO SAVE THEIR LIVES IN GERMANY THESE BANDS WILL BE SLAUGHTERED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE AND THEIR BODIES GIVEN TO THE POOR FOR SAUSAGES THE BANDS THAT THE GERMANS KEEP FOR THEMSELVES ARE MAGNIFICENT BANDS
over-fed angels that you see everywhere about Europe. For their bedrooms, they ordered those--well, those bedroom sort of pictures, that you may have noticed here and there; and then I expect they used these victual-and-drink-scapes for their banqueting halls. It must have been like a gin-and-bitters to them, the sight of all that food." In the new Pantechnicon is exhibited the modern art of Germany. This appeared to me to be exceedingly poor stuff. It seemed to belong to the illustrated Christmas number school of art. It was good, sound, respectable work enough. There was plenty of colour about it, and you could tell what everything was meant for. But there seemed no imagination, no individuality, no thought, anywhere. Each picture looked as though it could have been produced by anyone who had studied and practised art for the requisite number of years, and who was not a born fool. At all events, this is my opinion; and, as I know nothing whatever about art, I speak without prejudice. L THOSE VIRGINS AND MARTYRS AND OVERFED ANGELS THAT YOU SEE EVERYWHERE ABOUT EUROPE FOR THEIR BEDROOMS THEY ORDERED THOSE WELL THOSE BEDROOM SORT OF PICTURES THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED HERE AND THERE AND THEN I EXPECT THEY USED THESE BITTERLAND DRINK SCAPES FOR THEIR BANQUETING HALLS IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE A GIN AND BITTERS TO THEM THE SIGHT OF ALL THAT FOOD IN THE NEW PANTECHNICON IS EXHIBITED THE MODERN ART OF GERMANY THIS APPEARED TO ME TO BE EXCEEDINGLY POOR STUFF IT SEEMED TO BELONG TO THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS NUMBER SCHOOL OF ART IT WAS GOOD SOUND RESPECTABLE WORK ENOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF COLOR ABOUT IT AND YOU COULD TELL WHAT EVERYTHING WAS MEANT FOR BUT THERE SEEMED NO IMAGINATION NO INDIVIDUALITY NO THOUGHT ANYWHERE EACH PICTURE LOOKED AS THOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY ANYONE WHO HAD STUDIED AND PRACTISED ART FOR THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF YEARS AND WHO WAS NOT A BORN FOOL AT ALL EVENTS THIS IS MY OPINION AND AS I KNOW NOTHING WHATEVER ABOUT ART I SPEAK WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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