Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Musical Studies

Newman, Ernest, 1868-1959· 1 chapters· 40,928 words

e. All poetic or verbal material that cannot be "musicalised," or caught up into the spirit of music, is superfluous and harmful; therefore in proportion as the music-drama is perfected will this kind of material tend to disappear.

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1. d. The musical defect to be guarded against is the attempt to

e. All poetic or verbal material that cannot be "musicalised," or caught up into the spirit of music, is superfluous and harmful; therefore in proportion as the music-drama is p...