Excerpt from Richard Strauss
I regret that I am unable to give to this volume the personal touch that is one of the objects of the series in which it appears. As I have not the honour of Dr. Strauss's acquaintance, I am almost wholly ignorant of his private personality and the details of his daily life; beyond the fact that he writes his music on ruled paper I can give none of those glimpses into the interior that are so fascinating to all students of great men's lives and works. On the other hand, the absence of even the slightest acquaintance with the subject of the book is not without its compensations, in that it makes a more independent critical attitude possible to the writer. Some interesting particulars of Richard Strauss the man will be found in the Introduction, which my friend Mr. Kalisch has been kind enough to contribute to the volume.
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