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An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1862
Born: January 24
Died: 1937
Died: August 11
Novelist
Poet
Prosaist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Edith Newbold Jones
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
World
English
Audiences
Musical
Text
Unquestioned
Artists
German
Unalterable
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Opera
Operas
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Italian
Swedish
Understanding
Required
Sung
Artist
French
Clearer
Music
Speaking
Translated

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