e that of M. Saint-Saens, M. Dukas, or M. d'Indy. From M.
d'Indy we have had scholarly editions of Rameau, Destouches, and Salomon
de Rossi. Even in the middle of rehearsals of _L'Etranger_ at Brussels
he was working at a reconstruction of Monteverde's _Orfeo_. He has
published selections of folk-songs with critical notes, essays on
Beethoven's predecessors, a history of Musical Composition, and debates
and lectures. This fine intellectual culture is not, however, the most
remarkable of M. d'Indy's characteristics, though it may have been the
most remarked. Other musicians share this culture with him; and his real
distinction lies in his moral and almost religious qualities, and it is
this side of him that gives him an unusual interest for us among other
contemporary artists.

* * * * *

"Maneant in vobis Fides, Spes, Caritas.
Tria haec: major autem horum est Caritas.

"An artist must have at least Faith, faith in God and faith in his
art; for it is Faith that disposes him to _learn_, and by his
learning to raise himself higher and higher on the ladder of Being,
up to his goal, which is God.

"An artist should practise Hope; for he can expect nothing from the
present; he knows that his mission is to _serve_, and to give his
work for the life and teaching of the generations that shall come
after him.

"An artist should be inspired by a splendid Charity--'the greatest
of these.' To _love_ should be his aim in life; for the moving
principle of all creation is divine and charitable Love."

Who speaks like this? Is it the monk Denys in his cell at Mount Athos?
Or Cennini, who spread the pious teaching of the Giotteschi? Or one of
the old painters of Sienna, who in their profession of faith called
themselves "by the grace of God, those who manifest marvellous things to
common and illiterate men, by the virtue of the holy faith, and to its
glory"?

No; it was the director of the _Schola Cantorum_, addressing the
students in an inaugural speech, or giving them a lecture on
Composition.[140]

[Footnote 140: Vincent d'Indy: _Cours de Composition musicale_, Book I,
drawn up from notes taken in Composition classes at the _Schola
Cantorum_, 1897-1898, p. 16 (Durand, 1902). See also the inaugural
speech given at the school, and published by the _Tribune de
Saint-Gervais_, November, 1900.]

We must consider a little this singular