“Infant prodigies do not necessarily become great musicians. I have had over three thousand pupils, and I am convinced that the proficiency which some display is no more than a manifestation of dexterity and an extraordinary natural imitative faculty of children.”

"Do Infant Prodigies Become Great Musicians?", Music & Letters (Apr., 1935)

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