The music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds.
In plain words
The songs ordinary people sing are rare treasures worth protecting.
Where these words come from
- 90% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From Dvořák's own essay 'Music in America,' Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1895.
- Music in America (essay)
- 1895 · New York, USA · published essay about American folk music
