Excerpt from Lives of Celebrated Musicians I may truly say that I pass my life miserably. For two years I have shunned society, for I cannot go about saying to everybody, I am deaf. Had I fol lowed any other art it might have done; but, in mine, it is an intolerable infliction. And then, my enemies, who are not few, what would they say if they knew it? To give you an idea of this incredible deafness, I may tell you that at the theatre I am obliged to get quite close to the orchestrain order to hear the performers. If ...
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Excerpt from Lives of Celebrated Musicians I may truly say that I pass my life miserably. For two years I have shunned society, for I cannot go about saying to everybody, I am deaf. Had I fol lowed any other art it might have done; but, in mine, it is an intolerable infliction. And then, my enemies, who are not few, what would they say if they knew it? To give you an idea of this incredible deafness, I may tell you that at the theatre I am obliged to get quite close to the orchestrain order to hear the performers. If I am at any distance, I cannot even hear the high sounds of the voices and the instruments. I am sur prised that people have not yet perceived my infirmity but as I was always somewhat abstracted, everything is set down to absence of mind. When a person speaks softly I can scarcely hear him I hear the sounds but not the words. And yet if any one speaks loud I feel it insupportable. What will come of this, God only knows! I am often tempted to curse my own exist ence. Plutarch has taught me resignation. I desire, if possible, to bear my lot with fortitude; but I must look for many moments in my life when I shall be the most wretched of God's creatures. I pray you to speak of this to nobody, not even to Leonora I mention it to you as an inviolable secret. Should I remain in this state I will come to you next spring. You shall hire me a cottage in some pretty spot, and I will turn peasant for six months, which may perhaps do me some good. Resignation - what a miserable remedy! But it is the only one I have. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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