...."the sound of a barrel organ rising from the deepest golden vein of the day; two or three bars of a chorus, played on a distant piano over and over again, melting in the sun on the white pavement, lost in the fire of high noon.

Bruno Schulz
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This is a quote from Sarah Bernhardt, who was one of the most famous actresses of the Victorian era. It is a description of the sound of a barrel organ as it rises from the deepest golden vein of the day and two or three bars of a chorus, played on a distant piano over and over again, melting in the sun on the white pavement.

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