Harold in Italy was originally meant as a viola concerto for Paganini, but Paganini decided the viola part was not important or brilliant enough and never played it.

《哈罗德在意大利》原来是为帕格尼尼而作的一部中提琴协奏曲，但帕格尼尼认为其中提琴部分不太重要或不够精彩，因而始终没有演奏过它。

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With the viola part, you can play with the orchestra without being so good. And also, orchestras are desperate to have viola players because they don't have enough.

另外，由于乐队总是没有足够多的中提琴手，所以他们总是拼命寻找拉中提琴的人。

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"But that happens. That's part of the deal." Arthur Fiedler was a 35-year-old viola player in the Boston Symphony when he was hired to conduct the Pops in 1930.

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