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But it is really a matter of training people who have some music in them; and so the musicians must not be too fastidious. M. Buchor's endeavours have been the most extensive and the most fruitful, but he is not alone in individual effort.
We may ask why he did not keep their words; but we must remember that at any rate they had to be translated; and though it may seem rash to change the subject of a musical masterpiece, it is certain that M. Buchor's clever adaptations have resulted in driving the fine thoughts of Händel and Schubert and Mozart and Beethoven into the memories of the French people, and making them part of their lives.
Outside the schools, especially in the North, a certain number of teachers of both sexes have formed choral societies among work-girls and co-operative societies, such as La Fraternelle at Saint Quentin. In a general way one may say that M. Maurice Buchor's campaign has especially succeeded in departments like that of Aisne and Drôme, where the ground has been prepared by the Academy Inspector.
This prediction has been almost completely realised, and M. Buchor's songs are now the property of all the people of France. [Footnote 244: Taken from the Supplement
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