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Excerpt from The Biblical Repository, Vol. 4: Nos. XIII XVI
Having thus acknowledged the claims of the theologian first, we must add, that other departments of the Bohemian lit oratore are equally rich, and most of them cultivated with a bet ter taste. There is indeed hardly any science or art, in which the Bohemians have not to boast of eminent names. But the talent for which this nation is the most distinguishedyis that of music. A fondness for music and a natural gift to execute it, is ia-v deed common to all Slavic nations; but whilst their talent is most ly confined to a susceptible ear, and askill in imitating - aim the Russians and Poles possess some celebrated musical performers, though very few distinguished composers, -the talent of the Bo-v hemian is of a far higher order. He unites the Spirit of harm ny which characterizes the Germans, with the sweet gift of mel ody belonging to the Italians, and thus seems to be the true ideal of a complete musician. A great part of the most eminent names among German composers are Bohemians by birth and there is hardly any thing which strikes the American and Eng lish traveller in that beautiful region more, than the generality of a gift so seldom met with in their own countries.
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