A Study of Wagner
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It was Beethoven who first distinctly felt, and Wagner who first expressed in words, the necessity of a previous ' poetical ' impulse to which the forms of music proper would have to yield. The unimpaired vitality of pure instru- mental music, on these -grounds, is of course obvious, it being altogether a secondary consideration whether the ' poetical basis ' be expressed in words or not. Much less is the possibility of poetry as a separate art denied by the above theory. Still it is equally tr...ue that where a thorough blending of words and music is effected, and most of all in the drama, the very essence of which is passionate impulse, the common effort of both arts will be of a higher kind than is ever attainable by either in its individual Wagner's Theory of Music 109 sphere. Both have to resign some of their peculiarities, but both gain new strength and beauty in their supreme surrender. They are not, to adopt the equestrian simile of your contributor, 'two riders on the same horse, where one or the other must ride behind,' but rather like two noble steeds drawing with double force and swiftness the fiery chariot of divine pathos." i The question as to whether poetry and music in combination can or cannot exist on the terms of ami- cable equality indicated by Dr.
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It was Beethoven who first distinctly felt, and Wagner who first expressed in words, the necessity of a previous ' poetical ' impulse to which the forms of music proper would have to yield. The unimpaired vitality of pure instru- mental music, on these -grounds, is of course obvious, it being altogether a secondary consideration whether the ' poetical basis ' be expressed in words or not. Much less is the possibility of poetry as a separate art denied by the above theory. Still it is equally tr...ue that where a thorough blending of words and music is effected, and most of all in the drama, the very essence of which is passionate impulse, the common effort of both arts will be of a higher kind than is ever attainable by either in its individual Wagner's Theory of Music 109 sphere. Both have to resign some of their peculiarities, but both gain new strength and beauty in their supreme surrender. They are not, to adopt the equestrian simile of your contributor, 'two riders on the same horse, where one or the other must ride behind,' but rather like two noble steeds drawing with double force and swiftness the fiery chariot of divine pathos." i The question as to whether poetry and music in combination can or cannot exist on the terms of ami- cable equality indicated by Dr.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Newman, Ernest, 1868-1959 to read onlineMoreLess
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