"An artist should practise Hope; for he can expect nothing from the
present; he knows that his mission is to _serve_, and to give his
work for the life and teaching of the generations that shall come
after him.
"An artist should be inspired by a splendid Charity--'the greatest
of these.' To _love_ should be his aim in life; for the moving
principle of all creation is divine and charitable Love."
Who speaks like this? Is it the monk Denys in his cell at Mount Athos?
Or Cennini, who spread the pious teaching of the Giotteschi? Or one of
the old painters of Sienna, who in their profession of faith called
themselves "by the grace of God, those who manifest marvellous things to
common and illiterate men, by the virtue of the holy faith, and to its
glory"?
No; it was the director of the _Schola Cantorum_, addressing the
students in an inaugural speech, or giving them a lecture on
Composition.[140]
[Footnote 140: Vincent d'Indy: _Cours de Composition musicale_, Book I,
drawn up from notes taken in Composition classes at the _Schola
Cantorum_, 1897-1898, p. 16 (Durand, 1902). See also the inaugural
speech given at the school, and published by the _Tribune de
Saint-Gervais_, November, 1900.
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