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refuse to participate in a recital with a negro. Here | refuse to participate in a recital with a negro. Here | ||
in Italy we have no experience with these things. | in Italy we have no experience with these things. | ||
Now we want you and | Now we want you and Lepere to play one of the | ||
Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano as your first number - do you | Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano [[^as your first number]] - do you | ||
have any objection?" | [[crossed out: feel this way, too?]] have any objection?" | ||
This embarrassing incident ended brilliantly, | |||
This embarrassing incident ended brilliantly, | |||
however, and cultural relations between Italy | however, and cultural relations between Italy | ||
and the United States remained undisturbed. | and the United States remained undisturbed. Lepere | ||
and I put on a quavering performance of the | and I put on a quavering performance of the | ||
sonata, after which the South took over, each | sonata, after which the South took over, each | ||
son and daughter receiving a moderate, a | son and daughter receiving [[crossed out: polite]] a moderate, a | ||
very moderate, share of | very moderate, share of applause. Until it was the | ||
turn of | turn of our one colored member, whose gorgeous | ||
mezzo and fiery temperament elicited an ovation | mezzo and fiery temperament elicited an ovation | ||
from the | from the Tivolese audience who applauded like mad | ||
and shouted tirelessly. " | and shouted tirelessly. "Brava! Brava! Bis!" | ||
And she repeated, with even more tumultuous acclaim, | And she repeated, with even more[[crossed out: ringing]] [[^ tumultuous]] acclaim, | ||
after which she gave the encore which she had | after which she gave the encore which she had | ||
evidently prepared. She was tremendous, | evidently prepared. She was tremendous, [[climactic;]] and | ||
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vocal students happens to be a colored girl and most of the others, who come from southern states, refuse to participate in a recital with a negro. Here in Italy we have no experience with these things. Now we want you and Lepere to play one of the Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano ^as your first number - do you crossed out: feel this way, too? have any objection?"
This embarrassing incident ended brilliantly,
however, and cultural relations between Italy and the United States remained undisturbed. Lepere and I put on a quavering performance of the sonata, after which the South took over, each son and daughter receiving crossed out: polite a moderate, a very moderate, share of applause. Until it was the turn of our one colored member, whose gorgeous mezzo and fiery temperament elicited an ovation from the Tivolese audience who applauded like mad and shouted tirelessly. "Brava! Brava! Bis!" And she repeated, with even morecrossed out: ringing ^ tumultuous acclaim, after which she gave the encore which she had evidently prepared. She was tremendous, climactic; and