Vulgar words in Essays Before a Sonata (Page 1)

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I'll say any damn thing that this inspires me with."

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Why can't a musical thought be presented as it is born--perchance "a bastard of the slums," or a "daughter of a bishop"--and if it happens to go better later on a bass-drum (than upon a harp) get a good bass-drummer.

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