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Modern Musical Drift
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9781545083802
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9781545083802
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Modern Musical Drift
$10.85
The central question of music to-day to Mr. Henderson is, "How far can music go in the direction of depicting things which lie outside itself?" Programme music is no new thing-the question is, how far can it go? Can we accept Strauss's attempt "to put into music the sensuality of a libertine, his final satiety, his utter coldness of heart," as in Don Juan, or his effort to "portray with an orchestra the horrors of dissolution, the gasps, the struggles, the death-rattle, the tremor mortis," as in "Death and Apotheosis"? Are these things legitimate in music? Mr. Henderson thinks not, but that in them Strauss displayed a talent which makes Strauss one of the forces to be reckoned with, and that in "Heldenleben" he entered upon a clearer vision. Mr. Henderson feels convinced.
| Author: W. J. Henderson |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Apr 01, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 160 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1545083800 |
| ISBN-13: 9781545083802 |
