A Voice, not an Echo
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Do not let someone else invade your core
Identity. Do not let her or him
Transpose the truest you or change your score.
The serenade, the nocturne or the hymn
That sings of you is yours—and yours alone.
If you are Irish and your name is Field,
John Field, you show that Chopin how your tone
Is yours. If he can copy it and yield
His own interpretation of your gift
In nocturnes, let it be, but do not let
His music enter yours. Give him the lift
He needs but be yourself. Don’t be in debt.
Do not let Salieri change your heart,
Young Mozart. Master him with genius art.
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