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A Romantic Commentary
Romance is like a castle in the air, invisible unless seen from a distance, erected by glamour to relieve the dreary landscape of the present, and inhabited by regret for the past.
One page of history, although included in the general descriptionnof the Dark Ages, is yet so illuminated that it is entitled the Romance Age; as if, ever since, we had been in quest of an ideal which, for a period unique in thought, was a reality.
The intention of this programme is to illustrate the fancy of the author that the spirit of this far-off age has found expression in César Franck's Symphony.
The symphony will be heard as a background to the programme, which is an endeavour to represent the train of thoughts which might arise in the mind of a listener who is sympathetic to this suggestion,
Among the items is a short unpublished play by Thornton Wilder, author of 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'.

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