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    Enrico Caruso
    Enrico Caruso
    Enrico Caruso
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    Enrico Caruso

    By Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

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    Enrico Caruso died nearly one hundred years ago yet his legend has continued to grow over what is almost a century. Among his greatest legacies is the hard work ethic that he used to reach the top of his profession as an operatic tenor. His son, Enrico Jr., stressed what a hard worker his father was, and how this enabled him to overcome a "squeaky toned voice". My ebook is taken from research that I did from newspaper interviews with Enrico Caruso and ancestral records of the early Twentieth Century. I hope that readers will enjoy reading about some of the events of the great tenor's life and what he advised for young pupils who were being pushed to succeed too quickly in music.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Grey Reynolds, Jr
    Release dateMar 6, 2015
    ISBN9781310742255
    Enrico Caruso
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    Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

    I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to writeebooks. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel.

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      Enrico Caruso - Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

      Enrico Caruso

      Reflections On His Life, Death And Family

      Published by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr. At Smashwords

      2015 By Robert Grey Reynolds Jr.

      In 1913 Enrico Caruso was interviewed by Charles Bloomingdale Jr. for an article entitled America’s Musical Future. The famed tenor said that Music is not yet in the program of life in America. He began by describing America as young and that not too much art should be expected when men, women, and even children, were chasing the elusive dollar.

      He mentioned the scenario of a boy or girl displaying an aptitude for music. In the United States, Caruso said, a teacher is often summoned and is instructed to hurry the pupil along quickly. America wants results fast, he explained. At one point in the interview Enrico paused, shrugged his shoulders and said, The affair is not mine but your country’s.

      The unfortunate thing about rushing a music student along is that he/she is expected to earn money from his/her talent before receiving the full training. Lessons are discontinued too quickly and then only half a musician is thrust on the world. In Caruso’s words the making of an artist stops so the making of an artist can start.

      Ah, if they only knew that the making of money was bound to come-if they would only wait-if

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