KING CLAUDIUS No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds. But, good Laertes, Will you do this, keep close within your chamber. Hamlet return'd shall know you are come home: We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together 160 And wager on your heads: he, being remiss, Most generous and free from all contriving, Will not peruse the foils; so that, with ease, Or with a little shuffling, you may choose A sword unbated, and in a pass of practise Requite him for your father. LAERTES I will do't: And, for that purpose, I'll anoint my sword. I bought an unction of a mountebank, So mortal that, but dip a knife in it, Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from death That is but scratch'd withal: I'll touch my point
materialism or standardisation, then it is imitation of the foreign mood. Why put an alien mask on with full seriousness, this may lead you to the deprivation of style only. 1 ARTUR KAPP Youngsters, keep much of Bach always. Counterpoint as it is characteristic of Bach is the ground of all music. Do not show off with effects, do not compose like dilettantes who are trying to please a wide audience with easy trickery. I am not contriving but composing.2 Except God I am not afraid of anybody. Let art be as profound as demanded by faith.3 HEINO ELLER 1 R.Tobias. In Puncto Musicorum. Articles on music. Tartu, “Ilmamaa” Publishers 1995, pp.86, 87, 139. 2 A. Kapp in Word and Picture. Tallinn, “Eesti Raamat” Publishers 1968, pp.98, 103. 3 ‘Muusikaleht’, February 1938, pp.31, 32. Let us not be in a hurry, let us think it over more! It is more difficult to find a right and