Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1913 — No “Ear for Music.” [ARTICLE]

No “Ear for Music.”

Dr. Birman-Bera, after making a study of the ears of famous musicians, has come to the conclusion that the construction of that organ haß little to do with one’s musical appreciation, and that it is not necessary to have even normal ear-drums to become a finished musician. Dr. Birman-Bera says that' hits observations have shown that composers as a class have erect, almost vertical ear-drums, and that other musicians othqr than composers have ear-drums the position of which varies from the slanting to the vertical," including all Intermediate forms. Whether Dr. Blr-mun-Blra’s discovery will result in the discarding of that handy and muchnsed phrase, “an ear for music," of eourte, remains to be seen. <