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Excerpt from Masters of Music: Their Lives and Works
The love for and devotion to their art, in all the great composers, is a very wonderful thing to con template. In its name they would brave difficulties and dangers, and counted no sorrow too keen when accompanied by the comfort of music.
One day while trudging along in Rome, singing happily to himself, he happened to pass the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The chapel-master within heard the fresh voice, and noted the sweet ness and correctness of tone. He knew that the singer had musical taste, at least, so, going out, he stopped him and told him that he might enter his school as a pupil.
Gianetto was then almost sixteen, and this was his first opportunity of studying to become a musician. He was very happy, and at once came to Rome to live, beginning to work with the perseverance which was always one of his strongest characteristics.
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