Download or read book Musical Recollections of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Edmund Cox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Musical Recollections of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 1 of 2 But when we consider the prodigious pains and expense em ployed to supply, encourage, and maintain musicians - when we reflect upon the prominent part music bears in our diversions, public and private, and how successfully it aids the noblest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.