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"I never saw why I had to give up science in order to write, or the other way around, so I didn't!"
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The author describes the current fashion in singing, complex modulation and range of octave, perfectly:
But perfect voices are one in a million, and those with such voices command unheard-of salaries. Right?
Eventually, the implications are made clear.
The words were silly, trivial — but the voice. Again the doctor felt the thrill of vocal perfection. Doubtless many millions all over the world were experiencing similar sensations. Even the stolid operators at the meters and switches glanced furtively at the flat face of the condenser speaker, as though wondering if such sounds really came from a thing of copper and beryllium.
“Let’s go; the thing’s uncanny.”
Even the coarse voices of ordinary performers are raised to levels of perfection only dreamed of by patrons of opera!
“Schonberg, you’re a fool !” The words rang out again. “You’ve killed your golden goose.” Nash suddenly laughed and there was ridicule in his voice. “World Teletainments and Jos Schonberg,” he sneered. “The perfect voice is the voice of- science. There is no human variable. All voices are equally perfect. Put your guards in there, Schonberg; let them sing! Yes, even you, Schonberg, can be a Caruso!"
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