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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. 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
lly form the German orchestra? What changes and fluctuations we see in that capricious goddess 'form'! What noses and ears, what clumsy, _danse macabre_ movements! Just imagine for a moment that you were deaf, and 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 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. TURED SPECIES OF MEN WHO USUALLY FORM THE GERMAN ORCHESTRA WHAT CHANGES AND FLUCTUATIONS WE SEE IN THAT CAPRICIOUS GODDESS FORM WHAT NOSES AND EARS WHAT CLUMSY DUNCE MICAWBRA MOVEMENTS JUST IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THAT 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
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