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Excerpt from The Boundaries of Music and Poetry: A Study in Musical Æsthetics
Let us not ignore the fact that in music we have reached a critical point. Hardly any one knows what he should or should not do, can or cannot. Of creative tone-artists, a part (by far the smaller part) has taken refuge in earlier conceptions and forms, and cultivates its modest field after the principles of the so-called classical period. It would be too bad to attempt to disturb this idyllic happiness; but it is quite certain that everything such well-meaning people can say to us has already been said better by others before them. This scanty after-crop, fortu nately scarcely noticed by the world, pushes up para sitically among the genuine, authentic plants which once ?ourished in this soil precisely when it was the right season for them. But the greater part of creative tone-artists, and precisely the more gifted part.
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Let us not ignore the fact that in music we have reached a critical point. Hardly any one knows what he should or should not do, can or cannot. Of creative tone-artists, a part (by far the smaller part) has taken refuge in earlier conceptions and forms, and cultivates its modest field after the principles of the so-called classical period. It would be too bad to attempt to disturb this idyllic happiness; but it is quite certain that everything such well-meaning people can say to us has already been said better by others before them. This scanty after-crop, fortu nately scarcely noticed by the world, pushes up para sitically among the genuine, authentic plants which once ?ourished in this soil precisely when it was the right season for them. But the greater part of creative tone-artists, and precisely the more gifted part.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Wilhelm August Ambros
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ISBN - 9780266260035
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 203
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Contributors
Author
Wilhelm August Ambros
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330318799
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 205
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