The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
MUSIC AS A PROFESSION.
CONDITION or THE CALLING HERE
AND IN ENGLAND.
Sir John Stainer Advises People to Keep
out Of H-SmnIl Rewards for Most Eng
Iish MusIcians-Many DisRppointments
Herr Alsn - The EIelh ONerc crowded.

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| Gifts az singers or their training ma nianist,
and vionists combined with their naturaII
| talent for those instruments. Tho advice OF |
MS eminent musician to his own country peo-
| pie WHO contemplate music as profession 10
10 learn. o .ney must learn something and
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is often difficult for Il erformer on one in
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| That counsel is enough in itself to show the
| level 20 which the prosnect. of the English. ,
| musicians nave ia'Ien when an instrumentalist
, - I ,' " iearn several ,ha1
| he may not lack employment. His corollary
| to this advice warns every man and woman {
not exceptionally eift.d nave, to ent.r IN. nro-
fsssion Of music N''' "''e' 10 e"''f '''' '''-
| The outlook In this country for persons
who decide to make music their profession and
to RELY on it alone To give them surport is prob. :
ably not so discouraging as il is in England
lint thers ia sc,rcaIv -. n,usioia, -, .,anai,o.
, pus ' ,,, 10 sr"iceS MUSICIAN Oh s'anoinH
| mere VINO would not repeat Sir Johns words
| that the profession was ovsrcro wded and that
| q, ox,o.si,.. -, $500, -, ,;, -, 80
~ e'9''o i'einoei came ch'eHS from beo-
Die niue Justlned ny their talents in expecting
slccess in this fold. American voices generally
| are OF much bst.sr uu,Ii,v Than tbose h.ord T.,
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EhRianu anu lew EnRlsh singers have ever{
thineh me Eepu'atloh IN me music OF tho world
ndt nus come 70 many AL.eflcah SINGERS. 1t.
10 III tie couhhs Oh Il musicai paper that one
can realiEe.the extent 70 which dIsappointmentt
mas come 70 men anu women VINO set out TO!
niiahe .He nselNeS Ianous nS tieIr singing anui
pihslne' ~ may rs thought tliat New YORK has1
q nphopov OF Anierlcans VINO nave adopted
iolelRn names anu hhd some European expert
onuo anu loIelensrs VINO nave come TO this
COUNTY, because ~ IS ilttie. lesf ovsrcrowdedl
han 'h'lr oWn. II is nor ID New ORR alone thatI
tmese uiIappolhlcu sihRe ana Sirtuosos are 20
We io nv ~, hot naNe l2oston' lhlhueiphia Chl-
They are to be found everywhere In small