Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1886 — Difficulties of Composition. [ARTICLE]

Difficulties of Composition.

A certain eccentric composer met a friend w'ho asked if he had recently been making any more music. A “Well,” replied the composer, is a serious affair. If you have a good idea you can’t find the paper to write it down; if you do write it, you won’t find a publisher; if you do find one, he won’t praise you; if your music eventually is published, nobody will buy it; if somebody ’does buy it, he won’t know how to play it; and if he does play it, he won’t like it.”