When
the great American composer, George Gershwin, passed away, a man who possessed
more affection for Gershwin than he did musical ability decided to compose a
musical elegy in Gershwin’s honor. Upon completion, he sought entertainer and
composer Oscar Levant for an appraisal of his work.
Eagerly,
the neophyte played his piece for Levant, praying for Levant’s approval. He was
disappointed.
“I
think it would have been better,” Levant told him, “if you had died and
Gershwin had written the elegy.”
I
wonder if Paul had speech like this in mind when he wrote that Christians
should fill their conversations with grace and “season them with salt.”
Story
source: Edmund Fuller
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