Saint-Saens, M. Dukas, or M. d'Indy. From M.
d'Indy we have had scholarly editions of Rameau, Destouches, and Salomon
de Rossi. Even in the middle of rehearsals of _L'Etranger_ at Brussels
he was working at a reconstruction of Monteverde's _Orfeo_. He has
published selections of folk-songs with critical notes, essays on
Beethoven's predecessors, a history of Musical Composition, and debates
and lectures. This fine intellectual culture is not, however, the most
remarkable of M. d'Indy's characteristics, though it may have been the
most remarked. Other musicians share this culture with him; and his real
distinction lies in his moral and almost religious qualities, and it is
this side of him that gives him an unusual interest for us among other
contemporary artists.
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"Maneant in vobis Fides, Spes, Caritas.
Tria haec: major autem horum est Caritas.
"An artist must have at least Faith, faith in God and faith in his
art; for it is Faith that disposes him to _learn_, and by his
learning to raise himself higher and higher on the ladder of Being,
up to his goal, which is God.
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