His moral deficiencies as an artist were quite extraordinary. When he found the natural superiority of his genius in conflict with the ignorance and frivolity of the public - and the musical ignorance and frivolity of the Venetians and Neapolitans can hardly be overstated - he surrendered without a struggle. Although he was so able a man that it was easier and pleasanter to him to do his work intelligently than to conventionalize it and write down to the popular taste, he never persevered in any innovation that was not well received.

Rossini, divino Maestro, Helios von Italien, der du deine klingenden Strahlen uber die Welt verbreitest!

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