Joseph Joachim (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Joseph Joachim (Classic Reprint) written by John Alexander Fuller Maitland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Joseph Joachim Far more vivid picture from the man who admires his subject, even if it be with only the foolish admiration of a Boswell, than through the atmosphere of hardly concealed invective in which some modern biographers have chosen to shroud the figure they present. The system of panegyric has one drawback, though it may be considered an indirect one if superlatives are spread too thick, like the butter in the moving ballad of The Walrus and the Carpenter, over individuals whose ultimate position in the history of art must at present be a little uncertain, what terms are to be employed in speaking of one whose place among the immortals of music has longjoseph joachim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.