Note 271 — Chapter III · THE TWO ELEMENTS IN POETRY
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Ibid., IX. 320 f. (1731-1733), in a paper on the songs of ancient Greece. He repeats the idea that art comes out of nature, but lays stress on a development of special singers, a sort of guild, as contrasted with earlier universality of song. This is the contrast made afterward by Wilhelm Grimm (Heldensage, 2d ed., pp. 382 f.) between “free” and professional song.